Author: hhon@rollins.edu

It’s been two weeks since I left Nepal. I sat on a plane for 5 hours then hopped back on another plane for another 14 hour flight, which was sort of awful because the guy next to me kept cuddling on my shoulder like we were friends…. But I made it through. As soon as…

My last night in Nepal, it’s crazy how the semester has already gone by so fast. I have cried, adapted to my new environment, made friends, traveled on often unsafe mountain flights, and have fought the crazy amount of foreign insects in South India. During my ISP period I made some very close friendships, and…

The other night I was in my sleeping bag, texting my friends back at Rollins. It was about 11 at night and I started to hear lots of noises by my giant pile of stuff in the corner of my room. I got wide eyed, and well my hands started to sweat but that could…

So yes there was a goat in my classroom. His name I believe is Tenzin, a popular Tibetan name. Here at Kopan Nunnery studies are taken very seriously. Everyday they wake up at 4:45 AM for their 5 o’clock Puja where they chant for two hours. Then at 7 am they have breakfast together, which…

ISP… When you finally figure the rest of your life out.. or just one month of it. As my last two school days are coming my class and I are preparing for the beginning of our ISP period or independent study project. Many students are going all over Nepal and India but I decided the…

Bylakuppe: We left for Bylakuppe on the 12th which was a very long travel day. Knowing I had a presentation coming up in Bylakuppe, I spent the morning trying to do research, but just being part of a generation who has been spoiled with fast internet… I wanted to rip my hair out trying to…

Night one of Losar ( the Tibetan New Year) was very peaceful and made me realize how materialistic our holidays are. We started the night by some of my family’s friends coming over and I played with the kids just like I do Christmas Eve at home. I helped my ama-la and aunt prepare the…

I MADE IT!!!! I arrived well I forget what day it actually was… I arrived on the 26th and ran into about half my group on our flight to Nepal. Walking off the plane you go outside and chill while a bus comes and picks you up and drives you to the visa area. I…