Today I sent out a lot of emails to distributors early in the morning, then dad and I hopped in a taxi and headed to Nagarkot, a town about an hour and a half away. The mountains are much more visible from there, and the drive on the way gave us a long time to talk about everything under the sun: we spent half the time discussing my project, half the time getting in banal arguments, and half the time discussing travels from years past (wait a second…50…100…150…). It was a great way to take a step back and look at where the project stands, and where it will be when I leave Nepal — and critically, where it will go from there. Dad suggested that I was perhaps being too focused on my direct involvement on the project itself. Almost everything I’ve done in Nepal has been long-term oriented: setting up contacts with bulk distributors, getting all the kinks ironed out of the operating system and software, etc. Even if I were to leave Nepal with only a few “proof of concept” computers distributed to various local schools, the project would still be a success, especially considering the seeds sown across Kathmandu; from contacts with the Education Minister to other NGOs and non-profits around the country.
With that said, the focus as of today is still on getting a shipment of around thirty computers and distributing by the time I leave — by no means have I given up on that task. We were simply talking about long term goals, such as a viable support and maintainance structure for the computers, ways to efficiently distribute throughout the school system (the idea of cloning hard drives to expedite installation and to create a standard platform, etc).
Now that you’ve heard what we talked about to and from Nagarkot, here are some of the photos I took today.
Nagarkot has a number of military bases (and therefore, soldiers).
Unfortunately, the internet is not cooperating this week, so the rest of the photos will have to wait until another day!
That’s all for now.
Charles
I was born in London, England. At the age of ten, I moved to Hong Kong, which opened up a whole new part of the world: Asia. Since then, I have enjoyed traveling to different locales around the world. Having graduated from High School, I am taking a gap year to work on a computer project in Nepal, and later a cultural immersion trip in Ghana. This is the blog I am using to keep the world notified. 
Charles, the Photos, all along, are wonderful. It’s pretty good that your conversation with your Father is only 50% banal…most parents don’t do that well…maybe most parent’s kids don’t….who knows. Fine tohave such time, and remarkable as to what you are doing with it.
What will you be doing in Ghana, and in which part thereof?
All good thoughts, Gail