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Gaudy temples of red and gold
Nepal is a beautiful country and has a rich culture of religion, food, trekking, and craft-making. There are Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and Christians that all live in peace together, but the Hindu...
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Swayambhunath Stupa
After our days in Pokhara, we took a "tourist bus" the 7 hours back to Kathmandu where we had a day and a half more. The tourist bus was actually quite nice, with air conditioning and airplane-type...
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a day in Kathmandu
We spent the day before leaving Nepal just touring around Kathmandu. We went to the famous Durbar Square and saw the many temples and palaces and people there, and then went to Pashupatinath Temple...
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Mixed feelings about Nepal
Watching a bundle of food get sent across the river and up the hill on a pulley 9/15A little bit of the shine of Nepal has wore off. It is still great to hear the rain outside tonight while I write,...
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Pashupatinath Temple
Then we went to Pashupatinath, a Hindu temple where they cremate people and then push their ashes into the river. Literally there were bodies wrapped in white ready to be "cleansed" in the river and...
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The long route home
This is the sad sad story of how I got home. So my ticket from Nepal back to Bangladesh was for Tuesday afternoon, giving me a full day to get to Dhaka, collect my big luggage that I left at the Grand...
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updates
Life has been crazy in the last month and a half and I haven't really gotten to catch my breath. But there have been a few God-given moments of sanity and fun and heart-to-heart talks in the midst of a...
View Articlereflections on fall
So, on being back. It mostly feels like this summer was a lifetime ago, or from another world. Being back in the College of Business life, hearing of my peers with their corporate internships and...
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Christmas, New Years, Chicago, Rockville
It's a bit intimidating to catch up a blog for the past two months, but here's a try. A short and sweet synopsis of life, as I see it. Starting with Thanksgiving, the page my journal has opened to. On...
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a much delayed flashback to Haiti
At the end of January I went with the Silverton group to Haiti. (It's been a busy term -- but I just finished my thesis!! -- hence why I am so delayed with this update). I have always wanted to go and...
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life in the east
Last Friday marked officially one month that I've lived in Connecticut. Most of the times it feels like it hasn't been that long, but it has been months leading up to this so in other ways it feels...
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my little place in shelton
I was pretty excited to have some time between school and moving that I could do some DIY house projects, but there is only so much you can do before you are actually in a space. Here is my place so...
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Connecticut summer
My weekends have been busy, which has been great for adjusting. But then again, it does make it feel like I'm just out here for a trip so as the visitors slow down, it is harder to think of Rockville...
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two homes
Home. The word is so much sweeter now that it means so much more. I can't even describe how full my heart felt to see my mom and sister pull up at the airport to get me last Saturday afternoon, or know...
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So the culture out here is pretty different than home. Here are some of the things I've learned in my first three months.What to call neighboring states: Massachusetts is always "Mass" and Pennsylvania...
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a visit from home
Three weeks ago my parents came to visit and it was a wonderful weekend. It was a rainy Friday in the office with most of the teams gone, so at the end of the day I toured Mom and Dad through the...
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fall.life.leaves.
Two weeks ago I was home sick. I had a weekend full of plans that I had to cancel to stay holed up in my apartment with a box of kleenex and cough medicine. But it didn't turn out to be too bad. I...
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November updates
Last month went by in a blur with lots of traveling, family visits, and holiday festivities. So basically the next couple posts are a tour through all the major east coast cities and what they look...
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being Thankful (for sisters!)
Tiera came the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and we had a fabulous day in the city. It was a work from home day for me, so I took my bluetooth and laptop and worked on the train into Grand Central. We...
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Because we're young and unhindered
JaNae and I said that one weekend this fall we must take a trip to Philadelphia. And seeing that the year was almost over, the first weekend of December we decided had to be the day. With just a...
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