80% rice and 20% lentil soup, it's what we ate for breakfast and dinner. It's customary to eat only twice a day... most days were spent either hungry for lack of food or nauseated from eating too much rice. (I don't miss Nepali food)
Volunteering in Goljung June 20th 2009 I was fortunate to find an affordable volunteer program in Nepal which I participated in for one month as an English teacher. I say "affordable" because in today's 'Brave New World' it's all business, and most programs' weekly prices are equivalent to an all-inclusive week vacation in the Caribbean. So much for "volunteering" in the traditional sense of the word.
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Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Thamal In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more