Sagarmatha's Skirt!
I enjoyed another remarkable day out yesterday. Or I should say: on a clear day, you can see forever… or if it is partly cloudy in Nepal one can still see pretty far indeed! Up and out early, and back late… met the university bus to Nagarkot… a glimpse of the Himalayas at last! By the time the busses with the folks from the conference made it to the top – alas her highness the mighty Sagarmatha was only showing us a glimpse of her skirt… a thrill at least to see the hem of her garment none the less.
The folks from the conference are all from Europe and S. Africa… nice people really, but the ladies are appalled by the bathrooms and smells, and litter… poor dears, they should have gone to Maui. I must have transcended it all, as I had barely noticed, in fact I was so busy enjoying the scenery, I found them depressing. Besides, the students were all following me and asking questions, and I hada grand time wtith them as they showed me things, I showed them things... the rest of the foreigners seem are off to themselves… bleah… the Nepali kids are great!
My address at the conference “Using Mathematical Modeling as a Pedagogical Tool: Lessons Learned in Brasil”. The students and folks attending the conference were amazing, very enthusiastic, and great fun as after my talk and lunch, we toured some schools, and walked about Bhaktapur. The afternoon ended with a very pleasant concert in a truly lovely temple garden complex, with the nicest gardens I have seen. Complete with a very nice circle gate…
The ride back was great fun; talked with the students about my talk, and they shared a lot about their hopes and dreams and ideas, and we were accompanied by the singing by the students who regaled us all with a drum and singing all the way back to my stop in Kathmandu.
Once again, I had another grand day out. It is a true honor to be here.
The folks from the conference are all from Europe and S. Africa… nice people really, but the ladies are appalled by the bathrooms and smells, and litter… poor dears, they should have gone to Maui. I must have transcended it all, as I had barely noticed, in fact I was so busy enjoying the scenery, I found them depressing. Besides, the students were all following me and asking questions, and I hada grand time wtith them as they showed me things, I showed them things... the rest of the foreigners seem are off to themselves… bleah… the Nepali kids are great!
My address at the conference “Using Mathematical Modeling as a Pedagogical Tool: Lessons Learned in Brasil”. The students and folks attending the conference were amazing, very enthusiastic, and great fun as after my talk and lunch, we toured some schools, and walked about Bhaktapur. The afternoon ended with a very pleasant concert in a truly lovely temple garden complex, with the nicest gardens I have seen. Complete with a very nice circle gate…
The ride back was great fun; talked with the students about my talk, and they shared a lot about their hopes and dreams and ideas, and we were accompanied by the singing by the students who regaled us all with a drum and singing all the way back to my stop in Kathmandu.
Once again, I had another grand day out. It is a true honor to be here.
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