Farewell to Kathmandu while sitting on a 7 hour bus to Pohkarra I was reflecting on the time in Kathmandu. We were all sad to be leaving but excited to be somewhere new and be closer to the mountains. Our time in Kathmandu has definately been memorable, we made lots of great friends and shared some great times. Our time with the Nepal Volunteers Council was great, everyone that worked there was very friendly and helpful and wanted nothing more than to make sure ...

It's been 10 days in Nepal and I absolutely love it here. We are currently living in the monastary which is placed a bit higher up in the valley. So we are away from the chaos of the tourist district of Thamel. We have replaced the constant flow of honking with nuns praying and singing. The monastary is giving us lots of down time to just relax and catch up on some reading and writing. It's great we figure once we get to India we won't have an opportunity like th...

Arrived in Nepal after a very long night in the Delhi airport which had no wifi unless you have a local number. The volunteer organization picked us up, our names were on a sign and everything. They took us to a hotel and because it was a holiday, Shree Krishna Janmashtami, just told us we have the whole day to do whatever we wanted and rest. I am not sure how to describe Nepal, I expected a lot of different things but did not get my expectations. I heard that t...