Sunday, 5 August 2012

Forget about everything your forgot...its in the past.


Since leaving Ottawa I have done nothing but think of the half dozen items I forgot to do or pack before I left. It seems like no matter how organized you think you are, the moment you take off your realize you really weren’t. Oh well…

After 38 hours of travel we arrived safely in Nepal. My suitcase decided to hang out in London for a couple of extra hours and catch a different flight so I had to go back to the airport in the evening to pick it up but it arrived. Hailey and I were grateful that we are the same size. if we had to we could share our clothes. We are both also glad that it did not come to this because I would be as uncomfortable in her jeans and tank tops as she would be in my tie-dye sun dresses and old lady clothes.

The traffic, the driving and the volume of people here is much like India. It is sensory overload. The driving is utter chaos and the honking of horns makes a steady stream of noise. I don’t know how they do it but if you can some how manage to relax in the back seat of your cab, you will arrive at your destination in one piece.

The  Mountain Volunteer organization owns three homes, they are all together. The handful of volunteers and staff we have met have been very welcoming.

At the moment all I want to do is sleep so that tomorrow I can stop feeling like I was hit by a bus.

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