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Time is flying by and I've started to pack all of my things. I'm trying to spend as much time as I can soaking it all up, so I won't be posting any more photos for now. However I am hoping to eventually when I get home. So keep checking back, I will be updating my blog for about a week after I get home, hopefully. Thanks for reading!

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, is in Nepal this week, let's just say the roads blocked and shut down has become the norm. Yesterday I waited 30 minutes for the road I catch the bus on to get to work to open up to traffic. I did however also get to watch the Prime Minister of Nepal drive by in one of the cars however, which I'll admit was pretty cool.

Snakes Day celebration...

Vegetable Market...

My favorite little friends from the KAT centre...

Because sometimes in Nepal, you find children playing on a playground made of prayer flags...

Because I have so many more photos I've never posted...

I proudly present you with: pictures of puddles...

(All of these were published today)

Soooo Agra.....

The joke of bathing with elephants is that they throw you off their backs into the water. You smack hard and I still have water in my ear. One of the most fun experiences of my life though, no doubt. Hopefully the elephants are treated well and I didn't buy into anything harmful for them...

Me with that post bathing with elephants joy!

Just hanging out on an elephant...

Wild One Horned Rhino... to be clear there is no gate or wall separating us, just me, my camera, and a wild one horned rhino chilling in Chitwan...

The elephant outside my bedroom window... this is not a joke!  

As soon as you get off the bus to get on an elephant, children swarm to you saying "banana, banana for elephant, elephant like banana, elephant like." Most of the girls had just had henna done and were picking at it, I tried to take photos without them noticing.

This is the lovely elephant that carried me around with four other people for an hour and a half <3

They steer their elephants by pushing their feet on the back of their ears! I saw so many photo ideas but had a hard time shooting yah know while on quite the bumpy ride...

Wild Peacock!

Yes, this is a real elephant, he was only a year old so he wasn't chained up at all, just roaming wild and free!

Extremely rare to see, a wild elephant, we saw it canoeing and we had to turn around and go against the currant backwards, then walk back once it was safe to be on land. Locals are terrified of wild elephants as they can be quite dangerous to the community.

I got to see some surgeries today at the KAT Centre...

I am currently working on a photo story at the Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre, here are just a few from today... from the back of the truck as they went out to pick up another dog

This little guy was so feisty, even though his leg was recently amputated...

This guy was one of my favorites from the day... he was new to KAT Centre, after having had acid thrown on him... I wish so badly I wasn't being honest.

The wedding I was so lucky to attend...

Today was our day off so two roommates and myself went out to Swayambunath, aka Monkey Temple just to be tourists... I had quite an adventure with some of the monkeys...

They got a hold of cotton candy... it made for quite the scene...

Prayer wheels...

I spy with my little eye... PIGLETS! (yes this trash is real life, welcome to Nepal)

These women sat singing while this one women danced for hours in preparation for a wedding. When I showed up they began to change the lyrics of their songs in Nepali to be about me the white foreigner who has even come out to see the celebration. They invited me several times to dance with them and offered me to stay and have tea. They were nice and the music and dancing was beautiful set on the side of an old temple outside of Chovar.

I've picked up a new talent of shooting from the back of a motorbike... it proves to be quite challenging but well worth it...

Because goats deserve windows too...

Women work hard in Chovar carrying grass up a steep hill.

Women work hard for low wages in a stone quarry in Chovar just a few killomeaters from the center of the city, reflecting the harsh reality of some living conditions of women in Nepal.

Lunch by myself yesterday:

For sure the most bizarre day I've ever had abroad:

The day I spent in Bungamati, alone, at a festival:

So I went here today...

Typical Nepali child at the festival yesterday.

See this man on the chariot? Keep an eye on him as you scroll...
Also here is that really special important black vest I mentioned.

Bungamati Durbar Square after the arrival of the chariot.

Bungamati Durbar Square after the arrival of the chariot. Notice the piles of burnt hay and all the smoke in the air! It burnt my eyes and was hard to breathe!

See how tall the chariot is off the ground?

There is our little friend again. He just started booking it up, and no one paid him any attention... like I know I find some very normal nepali things strange, but how is an old man climbing god knows how high without any safety measures or even attention normal? Oh Nepalis.

 A fire with many spectators in celebration of the return of the chariot to Bungamati.

Everyone marched through the streets all the way to Bungamati Durbar Square carrying burning hay, which is traditional since there used to be no lights to light the path there... there still aren't lights, but they made the festival earlier in the day.

 The streets were packed for the festival and many people selling things.

 The Kumari of Patan (the living goddess) at the Celebration on June 22, 2014.

 Everyday Nepali riding style for children

In Bungamati Durbar Square for the Celebration of the return of the Chariot

Waiting for the celebration and reveal of the black vest

 View of Bungamati

I give you, The President of Nepal:

More to come from today but, for now, the yoga studio:

Images from Kirtipur yesterday...

Moments when I really love my internship: when I notice this hanging on the wall next to me. I'm already breaking number ten, maybe I should just casually highlight number five, what do you think? Subtle enough? (Also please note the dirt and dust on this)

Stereotypical tourist shot from Swayambhunath Temple, aka Monkey Temple.

Out of all photos I'm pretty excited to share this one. For the first time in 18 days, the clouds parted and I finnnnnalllly saw mountains yesterday! I didn't believe they existed, I kept joking with everyone. Unfortunately you can't see them much during monsoon season, but hey at least I did get to see them, even if it was just this once! I'll take what I can get.

Me doing some night photography without a tripod... 

We played with night photography last night, and for having no tripod I'm not complaining haha.

This well was almost completely empty. Think of these women when you turn on the faucet next.

This tree grew out of a temple. 

Me planting rice with housemates Hannah and Tessa. (Camera in hand)

Casually on our trek on Saturday we passed this small corner in the middle of nowhere Nepal. The paper from the day before had been posted up on the side of this building. I just so happened to look. Everyone else had already passed by. I stopped dead in my tracks... holy cow... there was my photo! Published and pasted to the side of this small building in the middle of nowhere Nepal. Sometimes ya just got to love life! Can you find it?!

Durbar Square

Yes, that man is carrying a refrigerator. Nepalis carry massive loads with some simple rope tied around their heads. It never ceases to amaze me.

Hand in hand. Too adorable.

Because, well because cows in the streets...

From a few days ago...

View of Bungamati from a few days ago.

Yesterday I shot at a rice plantation. I kept pinching myself. If only I'd had my telephoto.

The view from where I had lunch with Ram today.

Ram and I ran into some street kids today that saw our cameras and insisted we take their photos, I wish I had my polaroid with me!

Some street photos I took yesterday that will be in a show tonight in Thamel!

To start, here is a picture of my host dog, Tommy. He's wonderful and I'm so glad that he is here!

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