Getting Paid to go on Adventures in Far-Flung Countries

Excerpt from International Living article, original post May 09, 2012

I had been staying in the tranquil Nepalese tourist town of Pokhara for a month when a travel writing assignment came in.  It involved researching retirement in Nepal - and I needed to find some expats.

As I sat drinking my morning chai at a lakefront breakfast joint, I wondered where all the Westerners were hiding.  I had seen only a handful since I arrived, and they all seemed to be just passing through. Then it dawned on me - sitting there, across the lake perched high on a lush green ridge next to a magnificent white Buddhist stupa, sat an ornate Newari-style guesthouse.

I had heard that it was owned by an expat from England who made Nepal her home after visiting the country for 20 consecutive years.

"Perfect," I thought.

Now all I had to do was figure out how to get there.  The most common route was apparently to hire a canoe and paddle across the lake, but with my deadline approaching, I needed a faster route. I would need to rent a moped.

To continue reading, full article can be found at International Living.

Nepal Mob & Barricade Footage

Nepal Mob & Barricades

*This blog is the accompanying footage for a previous blog, found here.

I returned with funds in Summer 2012 to finish the school I started one-year prior. While driving to my school site in Nepal, I encounter a Banda (strike). Assassination attempts on political leaders occurred that morning.  The leaders barely survived, and at the time of filming, the outcome looked bleak. Unaware of the reasons for protest, I face several mob barricades, and plea with locals to let me pass.