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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By yuriyi | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By yuriyi | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry
Being already geriatric after ten years of hard work in India, it finally came to Nepal to become a mule for at least another decade. The local bus. They dressed it like a typical Indian woman: the outside was strikingly vivid just like a sari and its ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By alisamaya | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
I’ve always thought that you can tell a lot about people from the way they treat animals. Maybe it’s what is exchanged without words that counts. It was a brisk winter evening in Bhaktapur. The city square in I stood on, was surrounded by structures ... Read more >
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Wed, 20 May 2015 | By lookingforunicorns | Views [167] | Scholarship Entry
One fine day, a group of friends that (to my dire embarrassment sometimes) live up to the #YOLO adage, invited me to their 12-days Everest Base Camp hike. As a person fit enough to manually change my TV channels when the remote batteries died, the immediate ... Read more >
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Tue, 19 May 2015 | By sampath | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry
It was a lazy Saturday afternoon, when my customary afternoon siesta was interrupted by a phone call from my friend. Struggling to shrug away the sleep from my eyes, I picked up the phone. I was soon jolted to full consciousness when I heard his words:... Read more >
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Mon, 18 May 2015 | By kaushal36 | Views [237] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
The sticky sub-continental heat, the whistling sound of Sal tree leaves, the iconic mating calls of a peacock , the sight of langur monkeys feeding on treetops and the chital deer brushing the forest floor below ; my senses told me that I was in the ... Read more >
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Mon, 18 May 2015 | By mikesjournal | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry
The sun was setting, illuminating the sky in a bright pink. The full moon rose and stared me in the face. I closed up shop and headed down the path to where the boats were. If I hurried I could make it in time before the shop closed up for the night. ... Read more >
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Fri, 15 May 2015 | By bethcunningham | Views [261] | Scholarship Entry
It was Christmas Day. I was sitting in a rooftop restaurant, staring across as a neat crocodile of Nepalese school children staggered up uneven stairs, past statues of elephants and lions, to the imposing pagoda temple which towered over the square.... Read more >
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Wed, 13 May 2015 | By constantjourney | Views [262] | Scholarship Entry
The moment I landed I knew Nepal was not like other places I'd been. There was a different vibe, a mixture of serenity and resiliency and it drew me in. I was with my dear friend Karine. It was the second anniversary of the tragic death of her husband ... Read more >
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Tue, 5 May 2015 | By dempseybri | Views [253] | Scholarship Entry
I had three different drool stains on my shirt by the time we landed in Nepal. I was also sweating from my hair. The Visa process in Nepal operates on Nepal time. As long as you are armed with a small photo and the visa fee -and at least forty-five minutes ... Read more >
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Mon, 4 May 2015 | By gulaph | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry
The first time I went to a developing country I felt fearless and adventurous before I got there. Not for me the comfort of a hotel, potable water, safe roads, reliability. But once I got there, I found myself latching on to any semblance of the comforts ... Read more >
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Fri, 1 May 2015 | By wanderingclaire | Views [142] | Scholarship Entry
After a grueling car trip turned bus ride down from The Last Resort with some lingering affects of Bali Belly and losing the lingering high of bungee jumping 160m over a raging river, we arrived in Kathmandu filthy, hungry and tired beyond reason. Desperate ... Read more >
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Thu, 30 Apr 2015 | By carlyschmarly | Views [415] | Comments [1]
I am writing this on Wednesday, April 29th. On Saturday the 25th, the biggest earthquake to hit the area in 80 years, measuring 7.8, struck Kathmandu and surrounding areas. We were some of the lucky ones- Here in Solukhumbu district, we had minimal ... Read more >
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Mon, 27 Apr 2015 | By menoz | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry
It's very interesting. It's a place where I can find solace. It's soothing and satisfying.
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Fri, 24 Apr 2015 | By carlyschmarly | Views [401] | Comments [1]
The problem with plastic is that it doesn't go away.
I've been learning permaculture for about a year now, which has entailed a certain measure of reprogramming on my part of how I think about waste. I now try to make less of it, by constantly being ... Read more >
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