Teaching in Nepal again

Hello blog followers!

I am reviving my blog about teaching in Nepal.  I will be in Nepal for the first 2 weeks in September teaching medical genetics to the 1st year medical students at the Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS).  This will be the 3rd class for PAHS and the 3rd class I will meet.  I am really looking forward to it.  I will also be doing some faculty development.

I would like to thank Academics Without Borders Canada (AWBC) for their financial support for this trip.  As well, I would like to thank all of those people who have supported me through GoFundMe. 

Hopefully you will follow this blog and find it interesting...or at least entertaining.

Jane

Something More Positive - Yoga and Pilates in Nepal

On a lighter note, after sitting in on PBL and visiting with everyone at PAHS, Peggy and I went to Pranamaya Yoga here in Patan - only about a 10 minute walk from Shalom - and did a Pilates class.  It was fantastic and just what I needed to help get over jetlag.  The yoga studio is in this little oasis of a square, and the instructor was great.  We will be back there for sure for yoga and other classes!

There is some interesting art in this little square.  Most intriguing is this wire mesh Buddha statue that is stuffed with pastic bags.  It seems that its purpose is to be a place where these plastic bags, that are such an environmental problem here in Nepal, can be disposed of and look nice!

There is also a vine of green plastic bottles climbing up the balconies, and a cactus of the same green bottles.  Very unique.

I missed an elephant in the alley...

A friend staying at Shalom Guesthouse as well asked if I noticed the elephant in our alley when I left this morning to head to the hospital.  Somehow I missed it.  An elephant.  I missed an elephant.  Not only does that seem impossible due to their size, but I also love elephants!

Apparently this elephant was on loan from the zoo to help a small local school take a tree down.

I missed it.