Title: Helen Putnam (
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The end of an era - 23/Oct/2010 03:23 - 5290 days ago
The time has come to say goodbye. I can’t believe my year in Nepal has come to an end and that the adventure is over. I’m wr...
The end of an era - 23/Oct/2010 03:23 - 5290 days ago
The time has come to say goodbye. I can’t believe my year in Nepal has come to an end and that the adventure is over. I’m wr...
Eastern adventures– Dashain in Jhapa - 21/Oct/2010 06:54 - 5292 days ago
I’ve just returned back to Kathamandu after what feels like a very long time away. I have been in Jhapa (in the Eastern terai ...
Eastern adventures– Dashain in Jhapa - 21/Oct/2010 06:54 - 5292 days ago
I’ve just returned back to Kathamandu after what feels like a very long time away. I have been in Jhapa (in the Eastern terai ...
A Nepali wedding - 11/Oct/2010 05:20 - 5302 days ago
I had resigned to the fact that I would be leaving Nepal without having been to a wedding, so when Jamuna (an old colleague) inv...
A Nepali wedding - 11/Oct/2010 05:20 - 5302 days ago
I had resigned to the fact that I would be leaving Nepal without having been to a wedding, so when Jamuna (an old colleague) inv...
Mountain views–trekking around the Annapurnas - 11/Oct/2010 04:09 - 5302 days ago
We set off from Kathmandu on Thursday morning with our two guides who we met at the Alternative Nepal office. Phasang (who we ni...
Mountain views–trekking around the Annapurnas - 11/Oct/2010 04:09 - 5302 days ago
We set off from Kathmandu on Thursday morning with our two guides who we met at the Alternative Nepal office. Phasang (who we ni...
Friendships, fun, frustrations–the international youth exchange–an unforgetable experience! - 27/Sep/2010 04:06 - 5316 days ago
I have been trying to write this blog post for a few days now but I’m struggling to encapsulate my experience of the youth exc...
Friendships, fun, frustrations–the international youth exchange–an unforgetable experience! - 27/Sep/2010 04:06 - 5316 days ago
I have been trying to write this blog post for a few days now but I’m struggling to encapsulate my experience of the youth exc...
Roadside rescue - 10/Sep/2010 08:31 - 5333 days ago
The other evening as I was walking home from work, somethingon the ground caught my eye. At first I thought it was a rat – not...
Roadside rescue - 10/Sep/2010 08:31 - 5333 days ago
The other evening as I was walking home from work, somethingon the ground caught my eye. At first I thought it was a rat – not...
A weekend in Hetauda - 10/Sep/2010 08:24 - 5333 days ago
Last weekend I went to Hetauda to stay with my VSO friend Tiffany. Hetauda is small town about 5 hours south of Kathmandu, headi...
A weekend in Hetauda - 10/Sep/2010 08:24 - 5333 days ago
Last weekend I went to Hetauda to stay with my VSO friend Tiffany. Hetauda is small town about 5 hours south of Kathmandu, headi...
Kathmandu Pride festival - 30/Aug/2010 04:16 - 5344 days ago
Nepalis love nothing more than a good old festival, and fortunately there are certainly enough of them here to satisfy this ince...
Kathmandu Pride festival - 30/Aug/2010 04:16 - 5344 days ago
Nepalis love nothing more than a good old festival, and fortunately there are certainly enough of them here to satisfy this ince...
River rafting–braving the Bagmati - 24/Aug/2010 09:23 - 5350 days ago
Had someone told me, pre-monsoon, that I would one day end up rafting along the Bagmati River I would have laughed and recoiled ...
River rafting–braving the Bagmati - 24/Aug/2010 09:23 - 5350 days ago
Had someone told me, pre-monsoon, that I would one day end up rafting along the Bagmati River I would have laughed and recoiled ...
A breath of fresh air - 16/Aug/2010 04:42 - 5358 days ago
On Saturday Sarah and I went exploring in search of ‘Pauline’s Guesthouse’ a place popular among Kathmandu’s many expats...
A breath of fresh air - 16/Aug/2010 04:42 - 5358 days ago
On Saturday Sarah and I went exploring in search of ‘Pauline’s Guesthouse’ a place popular among Kathmandu’s many expats...
In search of mountains–a trip to Nagarkot - 10/Aug/2010 03:28 - 5364 days ago
With my end of service date confirmed (as the 31st October) and the end of my year in Nepal in sight, I am determined to make th...
Sweating it out in Xi’an - 03/Aug/2010 06:23 - 5371 days ago
After a very non eventful but sleepless journey, I arrived in Xian on Saturday morning and was met at the airport by Nick who ha...
Treading water - 20/Jul/2010 07:18 - 5385 days ago
I haven’t written about my day to day life in Kathmandu for a while now. Whist I continue to be amazed and amused by the tiny ...
Getting a‘do’in the Du - 15/Jul/2010 10:06 - 5390 days ago
I got my third haircut in Nepal today. Or rather I should say, I got my hair hacked off with a huge pair of kitchen scissors tod...
Kathmandu–malaai timilaai maya garchhu! - 04/Jul/2010 09:47 - 5401 days ago
As I was sitting on the bus the other day, mindlessly watching people go about their daily lives, I suddenly realised that I’v...
Football fun - 29/Jun/2010 09:35 - 5406 days ago
Sarah got back last week and I met her on Wednesday for a catch up over dinner before meeting some other people to watch the foo...
It’s all about work - 19/Jun/2010 12:43 - 5416 days ago
Whilst my social life had taken a definite turn for the worse things are definitely looking up work wise. I may have spent the l...
A day in the life of a VSO governance volunteer - 16/Jun/2010 04:46 - 5419 days ago
This is an article I’ve just finished for the VSO Governance newsletter which I thought I would post on here (for lack of ...
Half way through… - 02/Jun/2010 10:21 - 5433 days ago
After the very stressful gender and inclusion workshop that I worked on in March, I vowed never again to get involved in a VSO w...
Bandh boredom : surviving the strike and a visit from friends - 13/May/2010 06:42 - 5453 days ago
What a crazy two weeks it’s been! Bad things certainly happen in threes. First Kerry and Nick’s flight was cancelled due to ...
The (not so youth) youth exchange - 23/Apr/2010 09:57 - 5473 days ago
In my last blog entry I wrote how I was really worried about an upcoming programme I was working on at work. Now that it’s ove...
Dancing in the rain - 20/Apr/2010 09:06 - 5476 days ago
Bit of a mixture of emotions this week. On Wednesday it was Nepali new year so on Tuesday night I went out with my friends to se...
One new dhera, lots of new housemates! - 05/Apr/2010 07:08 - 5491 days ago
I spend my first night in my new dhera last night. I clearly chose the wrong night to move in as there was no power all night so...
Just call me tour guide Helen (19th–26th March) - 26/Mar/2010 09:34 - 5501 days ago
I had my first visitor last Friday – my parent’s good friend Warwick. He is currently doing a tour of Nepal through a tour c...
Out of Kathmandu beauty Vs Kathmandu frustrations (7th– 12th March) - 12/Mar/2010 07:22 - 5515 days ago
This week has whizzed by which is unusual when you’ve had such a good weekend, I usually find when this happens the rest of th...
Rafting, a freak hail storm and a very frantic workshop 27th Feb– 5th March - 06/Mar/2010 08:42 - 5521 days ago
Last weekend I went rafting with two friends and a load of Nepalis. We went to Bhotekoshi river, and stayed at a lovely resort c...
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