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Tomorrow or the day after

By Scott Wallick | Published: Jul 23, 2003

Just like Birganj, my flight from Kathmandu to Birganj was packed with characters. First of all, I had been away from the ‘Ganj for nearly six weeks. I remember when Rob had been gone from Birganj for nearly two months people starting appearing every where to ask me, Where is Rob? Where is Rob? Some suffered from Rob-withdrawal, as I had more than a couple people assume that I was Rob (as if in some magical way I had become him). I never understood that.

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First of the year

By Scott Wallick | Published: Jan 28, 2003

About three weeks ago I left Birganj and headed into the Kathmandu Valley. First, I went in for my education group’s IST. The week after was the yearly Peace Corps Nepal’s All-Vol, something that is talked about from the moment of arrival in country. I’d been in the Terai, i.e., Birganj, for a couple of months and I was ready to get out of the flatlands and into the valley.

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Way back in July

By Scott Wallick | Published: Dec 20, 2002

Way back in July it was hot—really hot. The hot that you can’t escape, that makes you uncomfortable in your skin. Since it was July it was also the thick of the monsoon. Since it was July, I still wasn’t half sure why or what I was doing in Nepal—or if I’d even be here a week later.

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