Jaymashi Sathiharu! (Hello friends!) I’m slowly but surely assimilating to the different pair of shoes for each room, using a bidet (or small pitcher of water) and my left hand every time I use the restroom, which is often only a hole in the ground. I cried the third time I had to use theContinue reading “Culture Shock: Month 1 in the Himalayas”
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Do it anyway doctrine
Three weeks ago I swam/body-surfed through a rain-swollen river with my friend, in a thunderstorm. We screamed and yelled and sang way out there amidst the rapids, perched on a pine log lodged between the rocks. I found myself at the mercy of a force beyond my control. I felt alive. Since then, I’ve startedContinue reading “Do it anyway doctrine”