Number 7!

It has been an adventure.

But that is always a given when my cousin Francesca (aka Cuz) is in town.

After my month of bumping around Bangladesh, Turkey, Tajikistan, and then Turkey again I returned to Nepal to spend the month of May with my favorite traveling buddy. Her arrival to Nepal marks our 7th country together.

Within hours of being together, I got a call from my host family in Gorkha telling me to get my ass out there (sorry grandma) because my host sister, Sajana, was getting married. We were on the first bus out the next morning and Cuz got a true taste of life in Nepal. Jammed into a seat too  small even for someone who is less than five feet tall. We made the 

Airport Arrival

Cuz sampling some of the local wear

Getting ready for the wedding

After learning traditional Nepali dance, we then taught the fam Call Me Maybe

Tika and exercise does not miz

Swetha, Srijana, and Cuz

Barpak

Our welcome to Laprak

Sunrise in Gumda

Morning tea with Boudha Himal in the background

Cooking with Sajana