A Trip Which Changed my Life
Alright everyone! If you do not know me, that is probably expected as most people do not. Apologies for being so late to the party with blog posts, but I am back with another one, although something a bit more serious for today. Let me reintroduce myself: I am a 22-year-old country bumpkin based in a small county called Devon in the South West of England. Normally I can be found in a field, a pub garden drinking cider or adventuring in my little blue fiat panda. However, in October of 2019 I decided to step completely out of my comfort zone and spend 10 weeks living and working in a rural village in the Gorkha region of Nepal as part of government funded agricultural business development programme. Was I completely crazy? Without a doubt. Did it change my life? Without a doubt, apologies for the cliche. Now, shall I just set the scene for you all. The aim of our programme was to create a tomato market in the Gorkha Region of Nepal. In 2015 the Gorkha ...