I've been in Nepal for a week now. After a short few days I got an upper respiratory infection....which everyone seems to have here, and it's no wonder with the dirt everywhere and a general lack of hygeine. I was coping with this and a minor case of homesickness when I got a real taste of something to complain about. The food here is different and the water not safe to drink without being sterilized, and I'm not sure what did it, maybe one thing or maybe many, b...

Well here I am in Nepal! I don't know how many days and night I spent dreaming of this in Canada, or how many traffic accidents I almost caused imagining myself here. I was suppose to arrive on May 1st, but couldn't tear myself away from Africa. May 29th I arrived around 7am in Kathmandu, the capitol of Nepal. I was picked up by a friend of friend and taken to the Nirvana Gardens Hotel. Quickly to discover my money belt was not in my daypack. Eek. Luckily I h...