Some photos from Pokhara.
Photo Supplement: Pokhara, Nepal
Author: Daniel
Nepal 52: Something to Do With Your Hands
I shook hands with my opponent across the chess board. Beams of early-afternoon sunlight broke through the roof of the Pokhara cafe where we were sitting.
My opponent grinned a toothy grin. He was dark-skinned, freckled, missing one of his front teeth, and had a big, bushy white beard. He wore a light scarf wrapped around his head. This was the Malaysian.
Fifty-one years old, professional itinerant, and damned good chess player.
He’d just taken four out of five games from me, smoking hash almost the entire time.
Nepal 51: Why Do You Want to Move to Austria?
When I finally reached the coffee shop where I had played chess with the Malaysian, I ran up the stairs with a spring in my step.
I had my interview. I had time to arrange a trek. I would trek, I would leave Nepal, return home, and show up on Holly’s doorstep with a dream in hand, ready for our next great adventure.
That was one option, anyways.
Regardless, as the Malaysian I was coming to see had said; it was time to rearrange my life.
Table of Contents for Nepal Story
Hey y’all. Sorry for no update on Friday. I’ve been traveling and fell behind.
Back on schedule on Monday, I promise. In the meantime, I created a table of contents page for the Nepal blogs, so you can more easily pick back up where you left off. You can find it here: https://thisisyouth.org/table-of-contents/ Hope you find it helpful!
It’ll find its way into the navbar up top today or tomorrow. I’m planning on doing a little bit of housecleaning around here, so you might see a few new pages and banners.
Just thought I’d drop a note!
Happy Saturday!!
Nepal 50: The Pieces Fall Into Place
I walked out of the bathroom shaking in silent mirth. I had just been forced to use letterhead from a 5-star hotel as toilet paper.
The absurdities of travel.
