Our last 2 days in Kathmandu were catch up days. We tried to apply for our UAE visa but with poor Internet and all the info we needed we were unsuccessful. I wish the Canadian government would smooth things over with the UAE! We didn't think that New Years Eve in Nepal would be very good as they celebrate in April and it is year 2067 for them. But the streets were full of local Nepalese people along with police in riot gear. We thought it would be best to go ...

After our Christmas break it was back to work at the Habitat build. We spent all of Monday mudding the walls. It was hard to believe how quickly we were able to get the mudding finished. By Monday afternoon the walls were finished and the contractor was putting on the roof. The same day we were informed that Lakwa (the husband) had been given a job in a factory in Qatar and he was leaving that day. The family was happy but also very sad. He was going to be i...

We took a break from our Habitat build to celebrate Christmas. We headed to Koshi Tappu, a wildlife reserve/bird sanctuary about 3 hours from Bhadrapur. On the way we stopped in the town of Itatari to do some shopping for Christmas essentials...snacks, chocolate and booze. We arrived at the "hotel" early in the evening and were pleasantly surprised to find that they had decorated the place for us, Christmas tree and all. They showed us to our rooms which ende...

The first day of our Habitat for Humanity build started off with us being welcomed into the village of Prithvinagar by our partner organization the Pragati Women's Village bank. They are a women's cooperative that helps each other out financially. We went to their building which was partially built where we had a very warm welcome with lots of tea, speeches and photos. We then boarded the bus and headed a few miles out of town to a small rural community. We m...

After a couple of relaxing days in Chitwan we climbed on a bus for the long ride to Pokhara. We almost didn't get there because of demonstrations and a road block in one if the towns we drove through. We did eventually make it through and the drive was beautiful, following along the river through the hills. We got to Pokhara late in the afternoon and headed out on the lake. We went to a small island in the middle of the lake with a small temple on it. From t...