Just had dinner with my cuz. She is some sort of teacher, teaches English, usually ex-pats living in secured compounds. Basically subcontracts out for 1-2 year gigs all around the world for big $. Anyway, she did it for a while in Nepal. Hikes a lot. Liked Nepal because she could go with a waistpack for a few days, stopping in backpacker hotels. Apparently this is fairly dangerous even in Nepal. American girls die on a regular basis doing this. She is a black belt which we agreed was useless in the real world.