At the airport
Micah LeMasters, Instructor
We have just said goodbye at the airport and all of the students traveling tonight to Doha are headed to immigration and on to their gates....Read More
Nepal: Himalayan Studies – Group C
Reflections as a group
Him C, Participant
Yak of the Week
In Nepal I learned…. That humor doesn’t have to be the only way to interact with someone, that being kind is really appreciated, and how to do a card trade How to slow down and notice the little things. That lives on this half of the......Read More
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Return International Group Flight Information
Carin, Dragons Admin
Dear Fall 2018 Nepal Semester Families, It is hard to believe that 3 months have passed since your student embarked on this incredible adventure! It won’t be long until students will be boarding their planes back home. We are sure you are......Read More
At Bhaktapur
Team Him C, Instructor
Picture of the Week
The art of pottery itself can be meditative, maybe it is the effect of the fluid spin of the wheel, or the grounding effect of touching the clay/ earth with our bare hands. We went to the ancient pottery square in Bhaktapur on our last day of xphase to meet the artisans and try our hands on the pottery wheel.
Reflections
Harrison Bushnell, Participant
Yak of the Week
It seems obvious that self-image (how we perceive our personality, worth, and attractiveness to the outside world) is eternally tied to our literal self-image (how we appear in photos, mirrors, etc.). I was pondering self-image during our 14-day......Read More
Morning light
Micah LeMasters, Instructor
Yak of the Week
Winter has quietly settled into the Kathmandu valley and cold air has begun to sneak in with pealing prayer bells that find their way in through my open window in the morning. The ancient kingdom of Patan wakes up gracefully with freshly prepared......Read More
Returned from monastery
Instructor team, Instructor
We have returned to Patan from our monastery retreat and everyone has settled back into the busy city life and their homestays. Re entering the busy streets of Patan was was quite a shock after 5 days of silence and mediation at the beautiful Namo......Read More
More photos
Team Him C, Instructor
Collection of photographs from our rural homestay in Ale Gaun to our Buddhist retreat here in Namobuddha....Read More
Collection of photos!
Team Him C, Instructor
Our evenings in Boudhanath during midcourse…...Read More
A brief summary of Tihar
Grace, Participant
A Brief Summary of Tihar Tihar, or the festival of lights, is celebrated throughout Nepal around this time each year. We were lucky enough to be able to experience this holiday with our homestay families. Here is a brief description of what these......Read More
Meditation retreat
Instructor Team, Instructor
Greetings from the Kathmandu Valley. We have just departed our homestay families in Patan and have made the two hour trip to the Namo Buddha monastery where we will spend the next 6 days studying Buddhism and participating in several days of silent......Read More
Jazzmandu Baby Yeaaahhhhh
Geoff Brann, Participant
I like music. I like it a lot. I’ve been around it for a long time, played it for while. I never really went to see live music; the last show I went to was at a small bar where my school band conductor was playing with his band Slide Attack (it......Read More
Early Mornings in Patan
Libby Gardner, Participant
Being in Nepal has required me to adapt to a new way of living; new toilets, piyushing (sterilizing) water, eating with my hands, and speaking a new language. So far, I’ve had a relatively easy time adjusting to these new cultural norms but......Read More
homestay
Jackson Ikenberry, Participant
Its day 5 of our urban homestay in Patan. Thinking back to our first day I remember being nervous about how I’d do, staying with another family for four whole weeks. My mind burned with worries and tribulations. Would they like me? What if I got......Read More
Settling in to Patan
Instructor Team, Instructor
Our midcourse retreat finished up a few days ago and we have settled in to our long-term homestay here in Patan. We spent a lovely couple of days around the beautiful Boudhanath Stupa reflecting on the first half of our trip which was quite a bit......Read More