I know this isn't a blog post about the happenings of our trip. We just wanted to mention about the water treatment system we have been using. It is sad the amount of plastic especially water bottles that are littering our world. This is especially bad in underdeveloped countries where they don't have the recycling programs we do. So far on our travels there are always water bottles littered in the most beautiful places. Before we left we purchased a Steripen...

We arrived in Vietnam a little lighter...Jen's bag never made it from Nepal. We got checked into our hotel which was right in the heart of Old Hanoi. We spent our first full day wandering around the lake which was pretty interesting since everyone was getting their wedding photos done. We had our first taste of Pho (Vietnamese noodle soup) which was great. That night we met up with our tour group which consisted of 13 plus the tour leader and went out for a g...

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...