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Today is about heat and dust, and perseverance. I travelled more than 150 kilometers to the northwestern town of Tripureshnor VDC. I have never seen an earrhquake devastation of this magnitude before. It seems as like every corner and every household in this country is affected. But spirits are high and people do their best …
I always wanted a world map when I was a child. On the first day of school during first grade, mom found me not in the classroom but out in the fields, skipping class. Fast forward to adulthood, I found myself quitting a lucrative job and actually went out to see the world. We all …
Three years ago, I found myself on an early flight going to ground zero where typhoon Haiyan struck in the Philippines. Life was not easy, during those dark times. Especially for the people who are living in there. Suffering is not only limited to the physical factor, but what’s worse is the emotional and psychological …
Photo © Jes Aznar for Burn Diary Exactly a month ago today, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, leaving thousands dead and destroying historic monuments and heritage sites. My heart goes to the Nepali people who stand strong as they try to rebuild their country and lives after this tragic event. #nepal #nepalphotoproject #rebuild #prayers
Our trip to Nepal has been three years long overdue. For various reasons the trip was always cancelled. Booked a ticket and then had to refund when the kids got sick and other complicated reasons in the succeeding years. As the toll of work and life has been becoming harder and heavier recently, we decided …
So many thoughts flying on my mind. I’ve had encountered so many crossroads in my life, and yet I realized that nobody is really ready for this big one to hit you mid-journey. I have been capturing life for years, and then life comes back at you. Like a boulder rushing, crushing down on you. …
“The Moon is a ball of left-over debris from a cosmic collision that took place more than four billion years ago.” This is my last post for @burndiary , it has been amazing ten days. Thank you so much Diego Orlando, David Alan Harvey and Burnmagazine for the opportunity. My first post was in the …
I love the sun. We are about to leave the city for a few days, Monday is a holiday. We leave for Punta Indio, a small village where the Rio de la Plata is wide as the sea. La Pampa, a word that somehow always has inspired me. Although it’s a plain and never changing …
Morning approaches. From the top of the iceberg we see the city awake. Thousands of destinies turn around to get another dose of sleep while some late dancers take off their shoes and hide between the sheets from the morning sun that sends a first signal on the still dark sky. This is Sarah Pabst, …
Patricia (right) was 7 when both her parents were abducted. Her sister was a one month old baby. She wouldn’t stop crying so they made Patricia comfort her. They forced her to watch how they beat up her father until the unknown men took them both away, transforming her parents into one of the 30000 …
