Marph and Poopoo's Big Adventure...

Here they are, folks...the innocents abroad. This a picture of Martha, Shanee's mom, and Tammy, Shanee's aunt, along with Shanee and our landlord's wife Kobita. They are decked out in the full national regalia -- the saree (pronounced "sorry"). Dazzling, I know.

Martha (whom I affectionately call "Marph") and Aunt Tammy (the local word for Father's little sister is-I am not making this up-"Poopoo," and we therefore availed ourselves of the opportunity to refer to her as Poo-poo, poops, or poopie) visited for two weeks here in Nepal.


We told them to just sit there and try no to look dorky, but...

After a brief stay in Kathmandu, these two country girls were glad to get to our city, where the hustle and bustle of taxis, motorcycles, and cows, were replaced by rickshaws like the one pictured here, motorcycles, and...cows.