I have amply illustrated the peeves of being a world traveler, or a world chump. Being exposed to malaria and HIV, the possibility of civil unrest, people who drive cars as if they’re being paid by the accident, and natural disasters the results of which will make Hurricanes...
On-On: The Kathmandu Hash
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Almost since my arrival in Jordan over two years ago, I have been a member of the Hash House Harriers (short, the ...
Kathmandu to the Foreign Eye
Saturday, September 27, 2008
This is a list of things an alien -or merely a foreigner like myself- would notice after a week in Kathmandu. Call ...
An Afternoon Ride in Thamel
Friday, September 26, 2008
Mai is a 60-something originally from Vietnam, and the spouse of a trusted and well-respected Embassy employee in ...
The Big One and Other Things I’ve Always Wanted to Know about Kathmandu
Thursday, September 25, 2008
As a common welcome gesture, every American citizen is debriefed about security in Nepal, the do’s, the don’t’s and ...
Coming to a new country, particularly if you plan to live there, is like being re-born all over again (I can’t help ...
Alas, the relatively luxury studded hiatus in the U.S. of A. is done, succeeded by a trip that would blow even the ...