A neat looking bug. There are lots of neat looking bugs in Nepal. And giant spiders and wasps that give you hives and swell your body parts when they sting.
Our landlord's children with their Dashain tikas on their foreheads.
We got a Dashain blessing and tika from the grandmother seated in front of us. This is a Dashain custom in Nepal.
You don't see wheelbarrows in Nepal. They use baskets. When labor is cheap machines are scarce.
A view from our apartment looking out across the neighborhood. Yes it is very crowded.
This is a squirrel. They look a little like a chipmunk but are much larger. This guy was begging food at a restaurant where we were having lunch. He liked spaghetti.
The lunch bunch at the Garden of Dreams where we had lunch and met the aggressive squirrel.
Hosting a lunch for young single adults after church.
Lear is standing underneath a poinsettia tree. Yes that is a tree-sized poinsettia bush. They grow them big in Nepal
During the Tehar festival there is a custom of drawing a design on the floor of your home or store to welcome the goddess Laxmi. She is the goddess of wealth.
During Tehar homes and businesses are decorated with flower garlands.
This is a picture of a mother and daughter making a flower garland for their home.
These two dogs got tikas on their foreheads for the second day of the Tehar celebration. That is Kukur Tehar (Dog Tehar).
The street was lined with shops selling garlands and Tehar decorations.
Our landlord's wife and daughter starting to make a Laxmi decoration out of colored powders.
The dogs were very interested.
Our landlord's shrine which is in the garden of our building. Note the garland and also note that there are small pots on the floor. Each pot is a small oil lamp.
The finished product.
We were invited to the Phuel home for a Tehar lunch and celebration. Scott got a Nepali cowboy hat. This is called a topi.
We went to Ason Bazar to buy some bags for a neo-natal training that we are sponsoring. This bazar is a narrow street lined with shops. Bazars like this one are all over Asia and the Middle East. They have been in existence in many places for thousands of years. If it were not for the motorcycle and the cell phone this could be the year 1016 instead of 2016.
This is the bag shop and the bag ladies.
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