Dear Parents, Many of your children are safely aboard their international flights. Others will be boarding soon. And some of them will continue their adventure in Nepal and Asia for a few weeks. We would like to take a moment to express our......Read More
As our study-abroad program comes to a close, the group wanted to anonymously share some thoughts about that which we experienced, observed, and learned over these many months: In Nepal I experienced love. Not the eros kind but the philia,......Read More
At the beginning of this trip, we were told of the ways in which Dragons students tend to form relationships with their peers. We start by forming, first getting to know each other, being friendly and (at times) uncharacteristically kind. After this......Read More
Nepal is a country separated into three geographical regions all with unique and diverse climate. Nepal as a country will be heavily affected by climate change due to its rapid effect on the Himalayas. Each region will experience a change in......Read More
For my ISP project, I traveled to Sikles village which lies within the Annapurna Conservation Area which is outside the city of Pokhara. The village is a Gurung village and one that values its traditional culture. In order to preserve the......Read More
The anticipation of waiting for so long was making me nervous. The families were told to get to the program house by 4 pm but naturally, they would come a little later. To address some of our concerns we were having a Q&A session were we could......Read More
A journal entry from the village (3/20-3/21) Evening – the fire blazes and crackles in the corner. My aama hacks flesh off a large bone. She skewers chunks of meat on a long metal pole to cook over the flames. The pressure cooker hisses,......Read More
Paubha painting is a traditional Nepali craft that originated in the Kathmandu Valley. They are religious paintings usually depicting either a Hindu or Buddhist god and used as a focal point for mediations and pujas. These types of paintings are......Read More
For my ISP, I went down to the village of Ramnagar in Chitwan district to work with ABARI, “a socially and environmentally committed research, design and building firm that examines, encourages, and celebrates the vernacular architectural......Read More
Café De Patan Scattered lights Indistinct chatter, A humming coffee machine A worker’s shadow; Footsteps coming Footsteps going, Nepali art, A ringing bell. To attempt to capture your essence Would be to describe you Bit by bit, Sentence, by......Read More
Pictured here is the group spending a week living at Namobuddha Monastery learning about Buddhism from Lama Khenpo Tashi Tsering (pictured). This monastery was built on the site where a past reincarnation of the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama (named......Read More
The day is Holy and I’m ambushed by little kids with water balloons and red powder right outside my bedroom door. I am startled, I scream, they scatter. I just struggled to comb my hair with what aloe vera gel I have left and some holding gel......Read More
These two days we have been working together with the students wrapping up final details for their Independent Study Project time. A few of them start their travels today and the rest of the group will leave tomorrow, coming back together again on......Read More
We arrived Boudha yesterday from Namobuddha after finishing our retreat. At the retreat we learnt the fundamental principles of Buddhism from an amazing teacher Lama Tshering Tashi and practised different meditation techniques under his guidance. We......Read More
