Need a break from the polemics of New Hampsha? Tired of all the Bernie vs Hilary diaries here? (I sure am!).
get your passport and step over the border……
I write diaries about Nepal. The have their own politics. Most people in USA only think of Nepal when there is news from Everest. Or, this:
Now, the main action in Nepal these days is taking place in the southern part of the country, near the border with India. Protests and riots. (They call them “communal violence” instead….) the region is known as “The Terai.” and it’s the part where young western tourists mostly don’t go…..
I myself have spent six months there, on and off, which puts me in the adventuresome category. (Just learned that some of my Nepali friends call me “Harrison Joe”). Many of my Nepali friends have never visited there — never left Kathmandu and never been out of the hill country.
Bernie vs Hilary?
Anyway, I have to work today, but I thought I would invite you guys to learn about the Terai. For four months now, I have been collating links to YouTube, Blogs and books about this region of Nepal. Enough to make a fantasy trip there….. and I put them on my other blog, the one from Wordpress…..
Here is the link….. joeniemczura.wordpress.com/…
I just spoke with a Nepali friend who has been experiencing a lot of hardship during the present blockade of LP gas and petrol in Kathmandu. She was quite surprised to learn that nobody in USA is paying any attention whatsoever.
We can all learn about this….. see you in Terai!