I had almost forgotten to update you all with my pictures from Nepal, excuse blogger for the shitty quality- but clicking on them makes them clearer :)
++ I can almost safely say 'you all'... as my views are going up by the day- since when do I have friends from the US?
The school trip to Nepal lasted for 11 exciting days, with Kathmandu, Bandipur, Pokhara and many more on our list of stops, many stops let me reiterate. In vans. Small mini buses. Yes.
Being told we would have to walk 30 minutes down the road to the school, we had discovered the 60 minute walk down a very big mountain, at 8 'o clock in the morning. Having to focus on the ground so much, that we got dizzy when looking at the mountains afar. Tripping was no option. The walk up the mountain is a whole other story, which looking back on seems funny, but remembering that in the moment- not so funny.
However, our troubles and constant wants were put aside once we had visited those inspiring kids, that travelled as far as we did, every morning to go to school, one building with four classrooms. Painting walls, moving bricks and mixing cement were some of the activities we did.
But tourists we were too. 'Shop till we drop' was our motto in Kathmandu. Beside us were the hippies that wandered in a daze, daze of... smoke, which we actually never came across- very surprising, as it seemed everybody there was on something.
We stayed in 5 hotels, well barely hotels, as we did get the surprising cold shower once in a while, spiders and cockroaches were just some of the insects warming our beds.
We visited monasteries, that were occupied with Tibetan monks who were praying for 'world peace' from 10am to 10pm, for 12 days. Enchanting us completely with their constant readings of Abugida script, and blowing of meter long horns. We were all speechless.
Despite all this, I had never laughed and learnt so much at the same time. People I hadn't spoken to in years, and people I had only ever smiled at in corridors, became great friends, whom I will always remember sharing amazing experiences with.
We will all remember Nepal, and hopefully go back one day.
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