During training, one of the hardest and seemingly most necessary things I wanted to communicate to my host family was that I missed home. I missed home. I missed my friends. I missed pizza and beer as dark as the nights in my new, lightless neighborhood.
But the best that I could do after two months [...]
By Scott Wallick
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Posted in Birganj, Peace Corps culture, Service
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Also tagged ANNISU, Birganj, Birtamod, East-West Highway, Fewa Lake, Himanchal Cabin, Itahari, Peace Corps experience, Rajbiraj, Terai life
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Oh, the places you go and the people you met. I’ve been in Nepal now for 15 months and met more than a couple interesting people. I decided that I’d write about some of the more interesting people I’ve met in installments. This is the first.
Here are three individuals I met while in Jhapa back [...]
By Scott Wallick
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Posted in Nepal, Nepali Culture, Peace Corps culture
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Also tagged Birtamod, Christianity, Islam, Islamic extremists, Kolkata, Nissam, Sunjay, Time Pass, tragedies
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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 [...]
