Living this life makes it hard to celebrate US holidays, and for kids they really miss out if you don’t find someway to stick to the traditional holiday calendar.  Fortunately, Kathmandu has a big expat community, and Halloween brings out lots of kids from lots of cultures all dressed up at the main recreation club. […]

We arrived in Bombay, er…, Mumbai for a two week temporary assignment just in time for the city to go bonkers over Ganesh, the elephant headed boy that loves to eat little Indian sweets. Everyone keeps a Ganesh in their house and then a few days later takes it to the beach and tosses it […]

Our Embassy staff together with a mob of high-achieving high school students got together for a little flashmobing (although I think the big banner saying “Flash Mob” might have ruined the surprise a bit for some in the crowd)

Despite the attractions in Nepal, it’d be a shame to be here for 2 years and not escape to one of the most remote countries in the world – Bhutan.  On the long 4th of July weekend, we took the short flight to a place that is often described as having one foot in the […]