Below is a copy of my official record of what I did as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal, sort of. After completing my service, this DOS will be the only record of my Peace Corps experience in Nepal.
And it doesn’t nearly express what my experience meant to me nor all the things that happened—good [...]
As I mentioned before, former fellow Birganj-wallah Rob departed Nepal. On his last day in country, he hired an elephant to take him from his hotel to the Peace Corps office to hand-in his final paperwork.
It’s lovely living in a place where the elephant is just as much of a zoo attraction as a mode [...]
As I mentioned before, I’d been invited to PST to teach a couple classes in government schools for the new group (N/196) to observe. But observe what? The new group has lots of energy and interest in their jobs.
This could go without saying, but some groups are more casual about work. Yes, we’re volunteers for [...]
Due to a glitch in the Peace Corps mechanism, I’ve been asked to come to the Peace Corps PST training site and teach in a class while the new folks, PCTs, watch. I could fly, but I’ve decided to take a bus to Bhairahawa, where PST is being held.
I have a plan of gradually traveling [...]
I remember how my host family explained Maha Shivaratri to me a year ago when I was living in Gaidankot.
I asked how they would celebrate and they just shook her hand, grimaced, and non-verbally said, We don’t.
It’s a gesture that might mean alcoholic or tipsy in America. Basically, the hand is extended vertically and shaken, [...]
