Namaste!

Well, after years of being away from home and traveling all over the world, I've finally decided to take the step into the world of blogging. As most of you know, I will be spending the next four and a half months teaching English in Nepal. And, as I remain a bit unsure about the communication outlets I will have at my disposal, or frequency at which I will be able to access them, I figured this was the quickest and easiest way to get in touch with those who wish to follow my time there. So here you go. As I said, I really don't know how frequently or thoroughly I will be able to update this but hopefully I can provide at least some small anecdotes regularly enough to provide you all will some sort of insight to my time in Nepal. Enjoy :)

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Monkeys, monks, and orphans

So I have now visited the two main stuppas in Kathmandu. The first being Swayambhunath, or better known as the Monkey Temple...and for good reason...there are literally thousands of monkeys climbing all over the temple and the mountain on which it sits...and to get to the stuppa, one must climb the 365 steps which ascend at a near perfectly vertical incline...so while you are huffing and puffing up the steps the monkeys are there to provide you with some lively entertainment (got close to them but still haven't been able to test the effectiveness of all those rabbies shots, haha)...needless to say, the view from the top was incredible with 360 degree viewing of the entire Kathmandu Valley...or at least what you can see through the smog. The second stuppa was Boudhanath...the largest in Nepal, and, until recently, largest in the world...absolutely spectacular and quite peaceful, with hundreds of monks and pilgrims circling the temple over and over. I spent this morning at a local orphanage in the city. An amazing experience, of which I'm still not quite sure how to put into words...sorry this end has been quite rushed but I just realized I'm going to be late for language class so must run...Namaste!
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