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The Chase

III.II.VII THE CHASE Kathmandu, check. Pokhara, check. And up next was our third and final stop – Chitwan. I might have had no expectations for Nepal, but this I definitely looked forward to. From the little research I had done before going to Nepal, this place felt synonymous with adventure. Finally! Arriving at the hotel, we were quite… surprised? Surprised’s […]

Added on August 7, 2018 Third Year , Growth

Guilty Pleasure

III.II.VI GUILTY PLEASURE Our time in Pokhara wasn’t all spent on fun and games. Once there, we started a clinical placement in emergency medicine at Gandaki Hospital. I was particularly excited for this rotation as I had no experience in emergency prior to that, not to mention that emergencies are the coolest thing to study when you’re a student (at […]

Added on July 24, 2018 Third Year , Growth

Difference

III.II.IV DIFFERENCE Keep in mind that the universe loves to prove me wrong. Much to my surprise and as busy as we were, we still had plenty of time to roam about and discover the city. And when we were done with orientation, it was finally time for us to roll up our sleeves and start our volunteering. After being […]

Added on July 17, 2018 Third Year , Growth

The Great Divide

III.II.III THE GREAT DIVIDE Over the first week in Nepal, we were kept busy with the orientation program. We were taught some basic Nepali, informed about local customs and told what we were expected to do. We parted ways with the rest of the group who’d be participating in other programs – mainly construction, female empowerment and teaching – and, […]

Added on July 10, 2018 Third Year , Growth

Land of the Gods

III.II.II LAND OF THE GODS I might be in love with travelling, but if there’s one thing I hate, it’s long-haul flights. Seriously, hate them with a passion. My nose alternates between being as dry as a fistful of Martian soil and bleeding like a stuck pig, my joints and muscles age by fifty years, and my hypothalamus suddenly decides […]

Added on July 3, 2018 Third Year , Growth

Gearing Up

III.II.I GEARING UP Islander lifestyle be damned. Something much better was in store for me. Something my friends and I had been planning for months on end was now just around the corner. Something… Okay, I’m done with all the suspense. As soon as exams were done and dusted, we were gonna fly off to Nepal! But it wasn’t just […]

Added on January 24, 2017 Second Year , Life

Wandering

II.III.VIII WANDERING Just before we’d get to enjoy the city of Bogotá, we had one final road trip planned in order to cover as much ground as possible. Luckily, Pedro’s father offered his car for that. Our first stop was the Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá, salt mines extending some 650 feet underground with a church at their epicentre. Apart from […]

Added on January 10, 2017 Second Year , Life

Adrenaline

II.III.VII ADRENALINE As expected, tomorrow did come, and as hungover as we were, we had yet another trip to make. We took a plane to Bucaramanga, a city north of Bogotá where we’d start a road trip down south – a cascade of adventures along the way. We visited Barichara, a Spanish colonial town known for its cobbled streets and whitewashed […]

Added on December 27, 2016 Second Year , Life

Reconnected

II.III.V RECONNECTED read on the doe The long-awaited third day was finally upon us. The day we’d get to see the Lost City. I couldn’t believe we were almost there. All battered, bruised and blistered, I had persevered. It would still be a long way to go and really, we had only covered half the trek so far. But I […]

Added on December 20, 2016 Second Year , Life

Tairona

II.III.IV TAIRONA Somehow, against all odds, I woke up feeling better than ever. We got up, shook off our boots in case of spiders and scorpions (because apparently these things happen), and headed out before dawn in order to get a head start on what was to be the most challenging of days. We trekked along the riverside of the […]