1) KATHMANDU - This is what Strep Throat looks like. BLECCHHHH!!!!

2) KATHMANDU - My few Western luxuries: Gatorade, Powerbar, antibiotics, and ibuprofen.

3) KATHMANDU - My other Western luxury: HBO!

4) KATHMANDU - The tourist region of Kathmandu... The Thamel District.

5) POKHARA - Cherry trees are blossoming...in December!

6) POKHARA - It's hard to tell from the photo, but this Poinsettia plant is actually a tree that was more than 12 feet tall. I found it while climbing a hill just outside of Pokhara.

7) WEST NEPAL - A Nepali girl watches her father harvest rice.

8) WEST NEPAL - A Nepali farmer harvests rice in his farm fields. He'll use his harvest to feed his family for an entire year.

9) POKHARA - I met Dhruba while watching a ping-pong game on a Pokhara street corner. He wants to be a film director "like Spielberg!" When I told him that I work in TV, he asked me for my autograph and peppered me with questions. I gave him advice on how to learn the craft and later purchased him a book so he could learn how to take still pictures. He promised to mention me in his "Thankyou speech" when he wins his first Academy Award.

10) POKHARA - Toursit boats sit along the shore of Lake Pokhara in the early morning mist.