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| July 7th- at the Kathmandu Central Zoo, doing a community language assignment on plants and wild animals |
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| With Dolma- my friend and language helper |
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| Chapagaun, Nepal- site of the Ropain rice planting festival |
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| Planting rice during Ropain. Can you find the big blonde wearing the Sunflower Outdoor and Bike shirt? ;) |
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| My language teacher, Sama, and her two sons at their "Sacred Thread" ceremony- a Brahmin male's coming of age |
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| It's official! |
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| Me on campus at the Kathmandu University Department of Music- in Bhaktapur, Nepal |
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| A fun weekend spent in Chitwan National Park with friends. You haven't lived 'til you've ridden an elephant into the jungle and spotted two rhinos lounging in the lake to cool off, and a deer carcass in the tree above you from a leopard snack! |
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| Sweet girls at the safe house that I visit weekly- everyone loves a birthday party. |
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| Grocery shopping is a little different here... |
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| My first invitation to dinner at a Nepali family's home |
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| In my living room. Small, but cozy! |
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| View from our roof in January. Believe it or not, now (July) you can't even see the Himalayas! |
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| Weekend homestay in the village of Lele |
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| Footbridge near my home |
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| Market near Kathmandu Durbar Square |
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| At swayambunath (the monkey temple)- a combo hindu temple/buddhist stupa. |
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| In nepal, it is 57 years ahead (using the lunar calendar)...so it is now the year 2071. HAPPY NEW YEAR | !! |
