As I write this, my little sister, Muna, is sitting on the ground beside me. And guess what she is doing? WRITING!! A few days ago, she took an interest in learning to write her A, B, Cs – and that’s all she’s been doing the past few days. She is SO into it it’s […]
Wandering Footsteps: Wandering the World One Step at a Time » A travel journal following a family on their overland trip around the world.
Category Archives: South AsiaThis morning I realized something. This is the first time that I have had NO contact with another foreigner/Westerner in two months. In Senegal, I had 30 American friends that I saw and interacted with every single day. And even in Kathmandu, I had Muna (and her friends, most of whom had been/studied abroad). This […]  I had heard this word several times in conversation before actually knowing what it meant. But one night over dinner, I came to understand that “jutto” refers to a type of pollution of food once it has been touched by the germs of another. When food is jutto it is unclean for anyone to eat […]  The colors we play Holi with. Posing with other teachers after a fun filled afternoon of Holi-playing. Playing Holi at home. Yes, this is what I looked like when I came home from school after playing Holi…. … with kids like this! Yesterday was a Hindu festival called “Holi” – I think it might be […]  Out of everyone, she may be the most fascinating character of all. I enjoy her company and have spent a fair amount of time with her, but I still can’t figure her out. On the one hand she is this completely modern woman – she works for the United Nations, she married out of love […] |
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