World Chump - Wanderlust

This post will be completely unrelated to Nepal or any of its features, but will deal with my oldest son and his papa. This could be happening anywhere in the world between a father and a son. It’s still a nice footnote when it happens to us in...

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This happened a month ago, but I am still happy to write about it. One of the great things about living in Nepal is ...

Being a worldchump is not for everyone. People need to remember that we are not here as tourists, but as actual ...

This is not a good posting for PETA fans. And if you don’t have a tolerance for blood and gore, you might want to go ...

So far we have been lucky with the weather. It is warm almost every day, even though now the nights are getting ...

The clash of cultures has been brought home to me in a more chilling manner. Do you know how all the spectators in the ...

I realize I haven’t written anything on this page for some time now. Perfectly okay, because I have lived half a ...

This was not the same ape that visited our house months back. The ape that dropped in on us then was so obviously an ...

By the title, I am referring to mine. The place where I live and the changing makeup of the neighborhood. My ...

And who to stage a bandh (roadblock) this time but the former majority government party in charge, the Maoists? If the ...

On what would be an insignificant day for most people in the world turned out to be a milestone for me last Thursday ...

Last week, the Newar Community, a well represented Ethnic community in Nepal, called for a Valley-wide Bandh in ...

One thing I have always learned about developing countries is that the worse the cities are, the more beautiful the ...

To imagine what load-shedding means, just picture yourself in a city with running water and electricity that functions ...

A few days ago the Prime Minister of Nepal announced his resignation. I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the ...

Child abuse is a serious crime, as I am sure we all agree. Child abuse can leave scars that might be invisible, but ...

Here are some recent Hallmark/National Geographic moments I was able to witness in Kathmandu. All right, so they don't ...

Last month a dead calf was found next to the property of a British embassy employee in Kathmandu. Witnesses stated ...

People have asked me more specific questions about Nepal, such as, “What exactly do you see from your house?” I think ...

This following article is clearly one of the better April Fool's pranks ever attempted. The question is: Is it really ...

People in the west seem to forget that the reason for the current impoverished status of many a developing country ...

When people ask me to draw comparisons to Kathmandu Valley, I often mention Los Angeles, in particular the San ...

There’s no doubt that you have heard about people prescribing nada for any given psychological crisis or ailment. For ...

God, I wish I could have written about Holi, the popular spring festival here that just took place this past Tuesday ...