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• Holi: The Festival Of Paint Throwing

  “Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land.” Holy, the festival of colors is a festival I have always wanted to see. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Shivaratri: Drugs, Ash, and Naked Men

  “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Back To The Terai

  

  “The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Purple Three Eyed Alien

  “I am going away to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart.” I am prett... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Five Hours to School

  

  “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to.... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Run With The Children

  

  “Travel is rebellion in its purest form… We follow our heart. We free ourselves of labels. We lose control willingly. We trade a role for reality. We love the... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• My Little Love Story

  

  “Maybe some women aren’t meant to be tamed, maybe they’re supposed to run wild until they find someone, just as wild, to run with. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Life In The Smokey Mud Hut

  

  “Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.” Their house is filled with smoke, and without electricity, the natural light seeping in... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Where Time Stands Still

  

  “It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Living in a National Geographic Documentary

  

  “Every so often a bird gets up and flies some place that its drawn to. I don’t suppose it could tell you why, but it does anyways.” I stopped for tea just befor... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• The Slowest Ride

  

  “Not all those who wander are lost.” The bus is tilting precariously, again, and the boy who has been hanging out of the door jumps out to place a large rock... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Headed West

  

  “Don’t tell people your dreams, show them.” Nineteen hours of sitting on the bus and a full twenty-four hours of sleepless travel later, and I’m finally here... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Meat

  

  “Forget all the reasons why it won’t work and believe the one reason why it will.” Though Nepal is certainly not a meat eating culture (the cow is sacred and... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Other Side of The Coin

  “It is better to travel well than to arrive.” During my stay at Hopeful Home I befriended the oldest boy, a seventeen year old who will be leaving the home afte... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Writing Amongst Monkeys

  

  “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” I have taken to writing my blog while sitting at the moneky temple, and her... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Same Same But Different

  “Always be a little unexpected.” “Same same but different” is a funny phrase that I hear all the time from Nepalis, and in my opinion, accurately describes the... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Hopeful Home: The Girls

  

  “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” It is hard to believe I have already been here at Hopeful Home for almost a month. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Introducing Kickball

  

  “I’m old enough to know better, but young enough to do it anyway.” At one of the schools I visited, where an American expat lives and teaches, the forth grade... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Back To School

  

  “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is n... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Nepali Time, Swiss Time, Canadian Time

  “Do not squander this time. You will never have it again. You have a crucial opportunity to invest in the next season of your life now. Whatever you sow, you... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL