One Dollar For Life - Nepal 2008
Passing time at the airport
Our layover in Hong Kong - yay Starbucks!
Visiting the Man Mao temple
Families can hang incense and some take a month to burn
Erin shakes the can for her fortune
The view from Victoria Peak
Taking a sampan ride
In Nepal, morning #1...
...and struggling with our 1st language lesson.
Atop the Monkey Temple...
...also known as Swayambhunath Stupa
Buddhist prayer flags.
Prayer wheels
Swayambhunath Stupa is 2000 years old
15th Century Bhadgaon
A Rickshaw
Our hotel, which was once a palace.
Having a traditional dinner...
...accompanied by traditional dance.
Visiting a local elementary school
Arriving in Dalsinghe.
The children come greet us
Typical scene on the morning walk to school.
My host "mother" and "grandmother"
These plants make bubbles
My host "sisters"
Getting the world map gridded in the classroom
Monolithic statue of Lord Vishnu
The monastery Nagi Gompa
Our 1st leech siting!
Treking to Shivapuri
Our porters make us feel lazy!
Large stag beetle
Banana slugs!
A quick glimpse of the Himalayas
Day2 of the trek - Chisopani
Huge earthworm
Treking down through the rice paddies
Back in Dalsinghe
Robin
Rachael
Nathaniel
Local villagers
Anjana
Anjali and the kids
My host family working in the paddies
Freshwater crab found in the river near by
I learn about harvesting rice
We have a traditional dance party one evening
My room
The kitchen in my host family's home
The stove
Making lei's for the closing ceremony
The animals live on the 1st floor of the house
The completed school - Janta Primary
Classroom #2 with a mural of the Himilayas
The school principal and her daughter
Classroom #1
The Nepali alphabet
The day of the closing ceremony
The band welcomed local officials
At the ceremony
The guys receive traditional hats
The girls receive bracelets and purses
Pashupatinath Hindu Temple
Pashupatinath Hindu Temple & Patan Darbar Square
The Buddhist painting art school
Offerings
Paige is ready for our jungle trek...
...atop elephants!
Chitwan National Park
There were many one-horned rhino
Visiting the elephant rehabilitation center
We got to "bathe" the elephants...
...more like they bathed us.
How to prepare rice
Our last outing in Kathmandu before we head home.
Rickshaw rides are wild!
Time to head back to the States!
