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Kathmandu's Centuries-old Landmarks

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In loving memory of the beautiful centuries-old landmarks  (Pictures from my visit to Nepal in 2014) I have been shocked and saddened over the last few weeks after the earthquake in Nepal (April 25, 2015). The experience of after shocks, jolts and another earthquake (May 12, 2015) only prolongs this terrible tragedy for so many of us. My heart goes out to everyone who is suffering and lost their loved ones. I am continuing to pray for earthquake victims and mourning the loss of life.  Now I am deeply worried about Monsoon rains that will create deadly land slides.....words can't express my sadness! I am sharing some of the pictures that I have captured from my last visit to Kathmandu in December 2014 - March 24, 2015.  I was born and brought up near the Hanuman Dhoka-Durbar square neighborhood of Kathmandu.  I grew up seeing all the precious landmarks, stunning temples, beautiful wood carving, gold-topped pagodas - now all reduced to rubble.  I am mournin...

Donating to Nepal-What You Need to Know

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It is always sad when nature creates destruction anywhere, but when it's a country like Nepal it is even more tragic. Everyone wants to help and it truly warms my heart to think that so many Westerners have such compassion. Especially New Zealanders and people from other earthquake prone countries want to help. I understand New Zealand is still to recover from their disastrous earthquakes, and yet the compassion they have for Nepal is so outstanding.  However, and this is a big however, we do not want the money to be used in a counterproductive way, or be misused by the social worker keeping the money. Either of these cause many Westerners to throw up their hands and not do anything to help. At this time in Nepal, in light of the recent tragic events it is even more important that the money be used properly and in a timely fashion. Birbhadur and his mother, Laxmi showing me their new blankets. They were very grateful. I've lived here for over 4 years and have had many opportu...

What? Twin Earthquakes!

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Yesterday, May 12, 2015 another major earthquake came, 7.3-4. There was another epicenter so I guess it means it’s a brand new earthquake. No more people died in our village, but 6 Americans died from an Osprey accident and 2 Nepali.On a side note, I was living in the town in Florida that had twin hurricanes in 2004. Who knew there were twin earthquakes. We were home, Bimila, Mark, our new helpx volunteer, Sajana, my new helper and me. It hit hard, not like the wave I’d felt during the first one. And we panicked. We jumped up and went down the stairs while it shook the entire time. “Bimila,” I called out as we went down the stairs and she promptly joined us going down the stairs. Although I know we should not leave the building, we all promptly ran outside and to the hilltop. Bimila had been traumatized enough from the first earthquake while she clung to our tourist guest as she watched the devastation happening in Bhhaktapur. As we reached the hilltop I turned to see our housecleaner...

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