Children walking to Uttargaya school in the morning
Betrawati, Nepal, Summer 2000
Letting some of my students lead the way, along the long bumpy road to our school.
A video taken by Serika, traveling the same stretch of road some twenty-three years later.
Young girl standing by bicycles
Betrawati, Nepal, Autumn 2000
House below Uttaragaya school that partially collapsed when a bus rumbled by
Betrawati, Nepal, August 2000
Children in Tupche
Tupche, Nepal, Summer 2000
The Gai Jatra festival in Betrawati
Betrawati, Nepal, Gai Jatra, August 16th, 2000 २०५७ साउन ३२
Fields below, sky above
Phutung, Kathmandu, Nepal, September 24th, 2015
Sharing photos
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, Nepal, October 3rd, 2015
LOVE
Kathmandu, Nepal, May 2nd, 2020
Layers of torn Bollywood and Kollywood movie posters pasted on a wall by the street.
A dog naps in front of a shop
Kathmandu, Nepal, November 21st, 2019
"All that
truly matters
in the end
is that
you loved."
Nirmala reads Frog & Toad to her class
Balaju, Kathmandu, September 6th, 2018
On this trip, I brought along some of my favorite books to read to children, Arnold Lobel’s stories of Frog & Toad being the closest to my heart.
The boy on the right (leaning forward on the backpack) is Nirmala’s son Samrat.