Travels
The Build – Day Two
On day two, I find myself back to cleaning bamboo, our group is now divided, some of us are weaving the bamboo to make walls. Others continue to clean the bamboo and make sure the weavers have something to weave with. I’m cleaning for now. We had an extended break in the morning to do ...
The Build – Day One
I was up bright and early for the build. We start our day with breakfast at 7:30, and head out at 8:30. We were all anxious to where we’d be working. In a few minutes we’ve arrived. There’s a banner over the road and a sign on the house. There’s a brief welcome ceremony, the ...
Kathmandu to Ithari
We spent the morning in Kathmandu, getting in one last shopping/sightseeing trip in before leaving the city. We were flying out, just a short flight to Biratnagar and a couple hours on the bus arrive at Ithari, pronounced ‘ee-tar-ee’. We flew with Yeti airlines and the domestic terminal is really quite an experience. There’s luggage ...
Doha to Kathmandu
Vacation started almost a week ago. The last week of work is always pleasant. A few meetings, a few administrative tasks, entering grades, tidying up the office and such. I worked late the last day on some M.A. stuff and took the last bus back to my room at hotel. I hung out with a friend ...
Prelude to Building a House
Christmas vacation is here! Last year K and I split our time between Korea and Doha. This year K is back in Canada, enjoying Christmas with her family. As for me, I decided to go to Nepal and do some work with Habitat For Humanity. Overall I’ll be out here for 12 days, 8 of ...
Been a Blog Time Comin’
Yes, a bad pun starts the blog. It’s October, vacation is over, long receded into memory. Overall, like any vacation it wasn’t long enough. It was long, and longer than most people get, but fuck it – I can be greedy. It started with my parents, it’s been about three and half years since I ...