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    • Picnic at Sri Nagar

    • Picnic at Sri Nagar

    • Animals; Food and meals;Training of trainers

    • This photo was taken by a fellow volunteer at the picnic which usually punctuated our Teacher Trainings. It was very common to walk a goat to the picnic, and then cook and eat the goat as part of the meal. The teachers offered me the honor of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hard Working Woman

    • Hard Working Woman
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    • This photo was taken in Bhojpur, Nepal in July of 2007. The village sat on the higher part of a hill from the airport. It was about a 1 to 1 1/2 hour walk. This woman would meet the planes and either collect mail or luggage and carry it up to...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Sunrise over the Himals

    • Sunrise over the Himals

    • environment

    • This was taken September 1990 at sunrise near Bandipur, Nepal, about mid-way along Nepal's Himalayas. The sun hits the highest points first, which is the Himals, then the valley later. This picture was taken at about 5,000 ft elevation--the Himals...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • What Topography!

    • What Topography!

    • environment

    • This photo was taken in September 1990 outside Bandipur, Nepal. This photo was taken at about 4500-5000 ft of elevation. In Nepal, you don't ask people where they live. You ask "how high" their village is. Elevation is the main thing that dictates...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Spices for Sale at the Weekly Market

    • Spices for Sale at the Weekly Market

    • markets

    • This photo was taken in 1992 in Biratnagar, Nepal, which is a large city along the southeastern border of Nepal. There are weekly farmers' markets in various areas of the city. Everything from clothes, to live animals, bracelets, and sweets can be...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Off to School!

    • Off to School!

    • transportation; children

    • This photo was taken in Biratnagar, Nepal, in 1992. Biratnagar is a large city with a lot of wealth from business and trading with India. A few privileged private school children have their own "schoolbus" rickshaw rides to school. Because...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coexisting: Hinduism and Buddhism

    • Coexisting: Hinduism and Buddhism

    • Religion; Architecture

    • I took this photo at Swayambunath in Kathmandu, Nepal. In the background is a Buddhist stupa, while the foreground shows smaller Hindu shrines. To me it represents the peaceful, beautiful combination of two major world religions in a single society.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Carry Like a Nepali Woman

    • Learning to Carry Like a Nepali Woman
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    • While trekking in the Gokyo Region of Nepal, I met this local woman who, like many Nepali women, was carrying a heavy straw basket on her head. She set it down on a rocky ledge and I squatted underneath as if I were carrying the basket in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dhal Bhat Eating Contest

    • Dhal Bhat Eating Contest

    • In-service Training (IST)

    • At an all-Volunteer conference in Kathmandu, Peace Corps Volunteers provide entertainment with a Dhal Bhat (lentils and rice-the Nepali national dish) eating contest. The team that consumed the most were the winners.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing Girl

    • Dancing Girl

    • Dance

    • A student at the Maya Devi School for Girls in Bharatpur, Nepal, where a taught, performs a traditional Nepali dance during a day of student performances at the school.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hindu Sellers

    • Hindu Sellers

    • Markets

    • At a holy Hindu temple in the Terai in the southern part of Nepal, near the Indian border, these men sell a special powder for face painting prior to entering the temple.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dasain

    • Dasain

    • Children; Youth; Celebrations

    • I took this photo during Nepal's most important holiday, celebrating the triumph of good over evil. The children in this photo are some of my students and their siblings. They are playing on a "ping" (swing). Taken in Shyangja District, Nepal. 1975
    • Volunteer Photos

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