Big and White: Life as a Foreigner in Nepal

In this episode, your hosts Big and White continue their discussion of how to stay healthy when moving overseas. While sometimes life is all unicorn farts and Mel Brooks movies, it is often also full of being vulnerable, becoming jaded, and humbling yourself to ask for help (gasp!). Join Big and White as they give advice from their own experience on how to deal with the difficulties of life in both healthy and unhealthy ways.

In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about what it’s like to celebrate holidays as an expat. Being away from family can be difficult, but it’s also an exciting chance to make your own traditions such as eating meals on rooftops, making orange rolls from scratch (sorry Pillsbury, these are better), and forcing your friends to open Christmas stockings.

In this episode, your hosts Big and White reunite with an old friend who lived in Nepal four years ago. They talk about her experience coming back now that so much has changed, and all the things that she missed about Nepal (including amazing Indian food!) Her husband also joins the conversation and describes his traumatic experiences brushing his teeth with Perrier, sleeping on a hard bed, and trying to embrace ambiguity (not easy for a software developer). Big and White also wax poetic about two of their favorite things: Jazzmandu and Newari food!

In this episode, your hosts Big and White talk about everything you HAVE to do when (not if) you travel to Nepal! Of course they discuss common things like trekking and visiting the jungle, but they also mention motorcycle rides, Tibetan tea, water sports, and a host of other exciting things to do in this tiny yet diverse country.

Big and White, a podcast about living in Nepal, is coming soon!