Tag: Kuire

Foreigner’s Eye: I Married a Nepali Mountain Biker!

Dan and Nirjala: “Sriman ani Srimati – Hamro maya is Happy!” By Dan (Bahadur) Wright [विदेशी आँखा- bideshi ankha- Foreigner’s Eye] I’m a recently married man…twice, all in the space of just 7 months and to the same girl! I first came to Nepal in 1997 at the age of 18 as a volunteer English…

September 17, 2011
Foreigner’s Eye: Viewing the East Through Western Lens

[पूर्व हेर्ने पश्चिमी नजर- नेपालीमा तल छ] By Neil Horning [विदेशी आँखा- bideshi ankha- Foreigner’s Eye] A few days ago a some friends and I were on a bike ride in Bardiya. As we waited alone on the river bank for the ferry to take us across, over 20 other riders arrived, and it was…

September 3, 2011
Foreigner’s Eye: Re-learning Nepal

By Megan Titley [विदेशी आँखा- bideshi ankha- Foreigner’s Eye] One of the most common conversations that I have with Nepalis goes something along the lines of, “Thank you, no, the only reason I can speak a little bit of Nepali is because I grew up here”…”I was here with my family for 11 years”…”Yes, I…

August 27, 2011
Foreigner’s Eye: Kuire Jokes and Nepali Thatta

By James Sharrock [विदेशी आँखा- bideshi ankha- Foreigner’s Eye] I have come to Nepal many times since 2004. I have worked, volunteered and been a tourist here. I came here last week as a tourist and will stay around two weeks more. Nepalis ask me all the time about ‘how do you like Nepal?’, which…

August 20, 2011