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Human-elephant conflict of Jhapa

Mar 25, 2003 – 11:01

I came to Jhapa on March 22, 2003, to meet Andrew and Liz before heading to a Peace Corps meeting in nearby Biratnagar.
With my school busying giving exams and not enough time in Birganj to begin working on future plans, I decided I’d take the long bus trip out east to see greener parts of [...]

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Running the Birganj marathon

Oct 23, 2002 – 16:02

What I did on Friday, October 4, 2002, does not constitute a normal day in Birganj.
A normal day in Birganj begins with coffee at Himanchal Cabin and ends with a book in bed by nine o’clock. The Friday of October 4, 2002, began with a shot of a starter’s pistol and a hundred Nepalis sprinting [...]

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