viana chauDec 21, 20197 min readthe final post12.21.19 -- Wow. My semester abroad is already over. I haven’t been able to write my final blog post due to the end-of-semester...
viana chauNov 12, 20194 min readand the ISP period begins...11.11.19 -- Day One of my Independent Study Project (ISP) period has been completed, and I’m currently sitting on the rooftop of my...
viana chauOct 28, 20196 min readrural homestay & first time trekking!10.28.19 -- This afternoon, I came back from my two-week major excursion trip to the Mustang district of northern Nepal. It is near...
viana chauOct 11, 20194 min readDashain--Nepal's biggest holiday10.11.19 -- We recently came back to school after our Dashain break during Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. As the country's biggest...
viana chauSep 29, 20192 min readthe end of our minor excursion9.29.19 -- Our minor excursion to Darjeeling and Ilam ended with trips to a large-scale tea production company and a small-scale tea...
viana chauSep 26, 20192 min readDarjeeling is a beautiful place9.26.19 -- My view on Darjeeling has completely changed. Yesterday, after lunch, I walked ~40 minutes to the Japanese Peace Pagoda with a...
viana chauSep 25, 20195 min readDarjeeling is a real place but all I've seen are clouds and fog9.25.19 -- Our last week of class in Kathmandu before our Darjeeling excursion was quite a doozy. We were really busy with the...
viana chauSep 8, 20194 min readmeeting my homestay family!09.07.19 -- We left the Dhulikhel Village Resort on Saturday morning, August 7, to go to the SIT Nepal Program Center in Kathmandu. The...
viana chauSep 8, 20192 min readthe air travel sandwich: a hearty chunk of layover between two slices of flight09.01.19 - 09.03.19 -- After being welcomed with a cheerful smile by one flight attendant and having my ticket checked by another with a...
viana chauSep 4, 20193 min readOrientation, Day 1: worship, intros, and chupples09.04.19 -- My group started the day off with heading to the local temple at 6:15 AM (cries). We walked in silence (except when I slipped...