The cover shot is just for a sympathy vote! I am fine really :-) So I actually had a reasonable night's sleep Wednesday evening considering. I managed to find a way of lying that wasn't too bad for my legs. I got up Thursday morning and had a leisurely breakfast, finished packing and took it easy before leaving for the airport around 11am. The airport was an interesting experience. Security is divided into men an women, you get called into a curtained area (this...

Oh Pokhara, so many things to catch up on! So we arrived Friday afternoon and headed straight to dump our stuff. I stayed at Himalayan encounters as it was part of my trek but the others went to find their accommodation. We met up again at 4.30 and went straight for food. We had all been salivating over the idea of Italian pasta so found the place and ordered pasta each and a pizza to share! Unfortunately it wasn't as good as we had hoped but was still nice to ha...

Tuesday afternoon was much the same as usual, though I think grade four were a pain. After class we went for a walk to a look out in a different part of the village that looks out over the valley to the mountains. I really hadn't appreciated how breathtaking mountains can be and I am not getting bored of the view at all. We had daal baht for dinner and then headed to bed. Wednesday we were up and ready to head down to the learning centre. The private school kid...

We had dinner on Friday evening, continental again so the closest thing I have got to a roast dinner in three and a half months, yum, and off to bed. Saturday morning and we were up early to do rubbish day. There is a major waste issue in Nepal where by there is only a limited infrastructure set up for disposal and recycling and there is very little education surrounding it. Things are starting to change and children in particular are starting to take an interest...

Monday evening I fell off the wagon for the first time and enjoyed a 'medicinal' hot toddy. The manager of the local business who I had met in Kathmandu was visiting so he had dinner with me and Feddie and treated us to a drink. I still haven't had any raxi (the local spirit) but need to try it before I leave. We chatted after dinner and then headed to bed. Tuesday morning and day two with the children. We headed to the learning centre where they were still fit...