Today I have learnt a few things about Nepal...
1. You must always, always wear a sports bra when travelling in a taxi
2. Nepali taxi drivers are very good at hill starts, especially when they don't have a handbrake that works!!
3. Nepali taxi drivers also know EXACTLY how long and wide their taxi is (scarily to the centimetre!!)
4. Nepal has 2 road weather conditions: muddy/wet, and dry/dusty.
5. A Nepali 5 minutes is actually an hour and a half (the time I waited for the taxi to take me to DNC)
6. Nepali security guards are very friendly and will offer you a seat while you wait, and offer to share some of their lunch with you
7. Nepali business men are always willing to give 2 badeshi (White) girls a lift if they are carrying big and heavy bags.

Hope that gives you a small idea of what has happened today!!
So I woke up at various points, but decided to actually get up at 9ish, got dressed and went downstairs to have breakfast (frosties yay!!). I then packed everything up from my room at the Galpin's, then after Liz was ready, we started to walk to Greenwich hotel where we would find a taxi. We were stopped by a man who gave us a lift (see number 7) to the main road, where we found another taxi to take us to the headquarters of UMN where Liz dropped off a few things. The taxi driver then took us to Thamel!! One of the main touristy places in Kathmandu, it was noisy, smelly, and there were lots and lots of people offering us things they were selling. Liz and I found a small restaurant to have some lunch (grilled cheese and ham sandwich with the best chips I've ever tasted!!!!) then we wandered around picking up a few things as we went along. Liz then left me (all on my own in Thamel - scary!!) and I rang for the taxi that Lacchi (the guy at DNC) had suggested. Unfortunately, he was ill. In a panic, I asked every passing taxi driver and police if they knew where DNC was. None of them did!! So after ringing Lacchi, he gave me the number of someone else who knew where the centre was, so I rang him, and he said he would be 5 minutes. (See number 5). I was not impressed. But then the nice friendly security guard outside the Kathmandu Guest House gave me a chair and had a nice chat with him (see number 6). After waiting what seemed like forever, I was overjoyed when the taxi man turned up!! It took about a half hour I think to reach the centre (see numbers 1-3 for ideas of what the journey was like!!), which is up above Kathmandu, in a very secluded and quiet place, with the occasional lorry passing by. Very different to the centre of Kathmandu!!
When I arrived, lots of people greeted me. A mixture of the people that run this place, a handful of white people (volunteers), and the kids themselves. All the kids call me "miss" which I find really cute. My favourite (I know I'm not supposed to!!) is a little girl called Kumar. I wouldn't know what to call her disability, but she has 2 fingers, she's very small, has "wonky" eyes, and has a flattened face. Her favourite thing to do is spin, or spin things. She runs about everywhere like she has no care in the world. So cute!! I wouldn't be able to guess how old she is, but if I could, i'd say 5 or 6 but I think she's older than that.
After chatting away for a while, 2 white people left (2 Americans) and the only white person left was Brian - an Irish grandfather who's here for 2 months, but leaving within the next few weeks. He has a Nepali boy attached to him who calls him "monkey face". I can't help laughing!!
The bell rang for supper, and we all washed hands and got our food - rice, dal and some curry (which honestly was very spicy!! I couldn't eat it all and felt really embarrassed!!) but it was delicious all the same!!
Brian then went down to a village, where he's been invited for some whiskey and buffalo meat. I decided to stay here!! I'm now sat in the volunteers quarters by myself, having a bit of alone time. Wake up tomorrow is 6am (I think!!) so I reckon I'll have a very early bedtime!!