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Amazingly enough, I'm coming to the end of my grant. It's officially over March 15, though I won't be back in the states until April 14 because my Dad and Sister are coming to visit for three weeks! But as things are wrapping up, I wanted to share some of my photos, particularly for those of y'all without facebook. I've taken so many photos during my two trips in Nepal, so many that it's overwhelming, even for me, to look at. So I went through them all, old and new, and cut them down to a more reasonable number. I wanted to try to give y'all a little look into the beauty of Nepal and some of the lovely adults and children in my life. These are the ones I couldn't cut, some of my all-time favorite pictures taken in Nepal 2009-2012, in the order in which they decided to upload. Love y'all! <3

p.s. Ältere Posts at the bottom means "Older Posts," if you want to read back to the beginning of my blog

A man herding his water buffalo

My host mother and cousin at the women's festival, Tij 

Getting some shade in Chitwan National Park

Beautiful old trees in Bandipur

My host Auntie and Cousin, inspiration for my drawing.

Machhapuchare and other Himalayas from a bus in Pokhara

Homes in Simigau, a little village in the northeast mountains of Nepal very near the Himalayas and Tibet.

Boudhanath Temple

Peekaboo

Temple in Bhaktapur

View from the roof in Balkot

Sadhus at Pashupati

Pashupati

Pre-Dinner Dancing

Patan Durbar Square

The alter during Tij in Tikathali

Tij in Bhaisipati

Portrait of my host Aunt

 My host uncles before they left to work abroad for 3 years

Recieving Tika during Dashain Holiday

Host Family portrait on Dashain

View from my Tikathali Host Family's house

 

Swinging on the community-made swing during the holiday Dashain

My host dad and cousin

Some of my excited second graders before sports week

The little ones preparing to try to pop each other's balloons

The spectators

My co-teacher Rajani Miss and I, aka "Little Miss" and "Big Miss"

Bijaya jumping his heart out in the second grade sack race

Posing in the Mustard Flowers

Dol Raj's world class smile

3rd grade and too cool for school

"Glucose" Rehydration powder advertisement

grades 2-4, finally got them to smile :)

Radha's salute

Niraj going for the win

My host sister Samjhana on Tihar (We gave these offerings to my host brother, who in turn gave us money and gifts)

Cheers, trying to match the serious of this hilarious Uncle

Pings (Swings) are for all ages

The view of the hills, houses, and rice fields in Awas

7th grade field trip, and my grown up boys still being too cool for school

The giant Shiva Statue

The Didi who keeps our school running and came on the field trip with us. 

The view from Anapurna Base Camp

A Buddhist Gumba

Rice Harvest

Clare, Bishu-ji, and I