Nepali Safari

Got to see Chitwan National Park in south-central Nepal:  elephants and tigers and rhinos, oh my!

Uh Oh! Bird Flu!

From US Embassy Nepal:
"As you may know, the Government of Nepal has confirmed an outbreak of
Avian Influenza in Kakarbhitta, Jhapa in eastern Nepal.  Currently, bird
flu has been confirmed only in Jha district, although active
surveillance is in effect in 26 other districts which border India.
Culling began as soon as the outbreak was confirmed and continues in a
3km radius of the outbreak."

So no more chicken burgers!  Actually the only area confirmed is extreme south east Nepal.  So not too worried about this but will definitely keep an eye on situation.

Trekking Kathmandu Valley

This weekend Jeanne and I hiked to a couple of villages on the eastern side of Kathmandu valley.  Got to see the sunrise on Himalayas!

Site-Seeing in Kathmandu

Jeanne and I got in a little side trip to Swayambunath Bhuddist Temple:

Back in Kathmandu!

OK, made it back from USA!  Jeanne decided to come over to do a little site-seeing.  She plans to be here for 2 - 3 weeks.  

We've got lots of work to do to get some grant proposals written.  Happy New Year!

Happy Habitat New Year!

Thanks to some unbelievably generous and old fraternity brothers, Habitat-Nepal is going to build another seven new houses in 2009!  Fred Atkins and Dave Watkinson organized a bunch of my classmates from Univ. of North Carolina (1968) to donate!  Thanks guys!

Home for the Holidays

On Dec 18 headed back to Colorado for Christmas vacation. Jeanne picked me up at the Denver airport after 48 hours travel (whew!). Weather in Boulder is little colder than Kathmandu: it was -5 degrees F (-20 degrees C) Friday night: