The last thing that I wrote about safety and security got my webpage shut down by Peace Corps’ Washington, DC, office.
Perhaps it’s just coincidental that my predictions about the situation in the Rautahaut, Bara, and Parsa districts have mostly come true, much to the frustration of Peace Corps’ Kathmandu office. Not that it matters.
The fact [...]
By Scott Wallick
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Posted in Nepal, Peace Corps culture, Service
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Also tagged bandhas, Birganj, Kalaiya, Kamal Thapa, Maoists, RNA, safety and security, Simra, Terai life
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After two weeks in the Kathmandu Valley, I arrived in Birganj on a foggy, damp Thursday morning. I stepped off a bus that I had taken from Hetauda, about an hour and a half north of Birganj and as far as the Peace Corps jeep had taken me the day before.
I had spent the night [...]
By Scott Wallick
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Posted in Kathmandu, Peace Corps culture
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Also tagged All-Vol, Dhulikhel, evacuation plans, Hyatt, Kathmandu, khukuris, Narayanghat, Rhino Hotel, tuk-tuk, VAC
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