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Thanks, Nepal

Geeta, Sahils mother, prepared a delicious meal to send me off while scolding Sahil for taking us out to a restaurant (she says that food from restaurants is garbage and insists that Sahil eat a second “real meal” after returning home from dining out). With Sahil...
Pocket full o elephants

Pocket full o elephants

This is it. The last day. This afternoon I embark on a 35 hour journey from here to Milwaukee. I can feel the scratch of sickness creeping at the back of my throat… hoping that I can avoid any major illness until I can collapse at home. Fiery diarrhea just hit. Also...
Zzzzzzzz

Zzzzzzzz

My sleeping pattern this trip has been unusual for me… consistent 8 or 9 hour per night sleeps, up without an alarm before 7 am, absolutely no trouble falling asleep. I wish I understood what variable is causing me to sleep so well so I could replicate it in the...

Shamanism

Happy Halloween motha lickas! Yesterday I woke up to a message from Sahil and by 8:30 we were walking to catch a bus to Boudhanath Stupa. The mini van transport took around an hour and we were crammed into the seats like sardines. The Stupa was massive and we made a...
Airports

Airports

My last entry got cut off due to an emergency momo sesh. After this trip I won’t look at another dumpling. The bus was poorly equipped to handle the pockmarked road. Early into the ride we hit a long jam of buses as far as we could see. We exited the bus and sat on...
Birthdays & Hot Pots

Birthdays & Hot Pots

I’m 24 yo! As with all birthdays, its funny to reflect on how I viewed 24 year old people when I was 19 or 20. It seemed like they had it all together. Slowly I’m realizing that, no matter the age, no one has it together! muahahahah “maybe its the next birthday when...