Monthly Archives: October 2002

Packing list addendum

By Scott Wallick | Published: Oct 2, 2002

Since starting this Web site, I’ve had a number of people contact me, asking questions about joining the Peace Corps, living in Nepal, and about what to bring for the Peace Corps. Actually, mostly are about what to pack for the Peace Corps. First, let me say that my earlier packing list was way, way, way too much stuff. Here is my addendum.

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Birganj madness

By Scott Wallick | Published: Oct 1, 2002

Since I’ve been in Birganj, there has been a fair on the grounds of an abandoned factory just north of downtown. Sounds like a child’s dream, right? I think it is the leftovers from the Batman movie set. Truly. Exactly the kind of place a kid wants to go. Anyhow, I’d been in Birganj for several months before I finally wandered in to check things out. And it also took a friend coming to town before I finally went. I felt the need to entertain, and where better to do that than at the abandoned factory fair with a man-powered Ferris wheel. I saw another Ferris wheel in Narayanghat that was powered by a man in a wheel, same as a gerbil’s wheel. Really.

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