Hotel Norling Kathmandu

... in mind the average wage out here is 250 a year!!!! Even so the kids were great fun and really showed us how a basketball match should be played!!!! Basicallly beating us rotten!!!<br>Our resident cook at the cafe has ow returned to his home village for his sisters wedding, meaning buwa is up to his eyeballs in work and in true Nepali style no one knows when hes coming back!!!<br>All the group are still having fun fighting with our 5 gallon water drums, they seem to ...

... the iron rectangles for the concrete supports, mixed and layed cement and concrete for the footings and brick work of the 2nd floor stairs, received yet more ground clearing work (whoopee) and the wooden scaffold is nearly complete for the 2nd floor concrete!!!!<br>Our skill as English Teachers improves weekly, i recently showed my class and family a aerial photo album of the South West, they said it was their first pictures that they had ...

... once I got used to inhaling human ashes. Boudha Nath was completely serene. Monks and tourists alike walk clockwise around a giant round tomb (believed to hold the remains of the Buddha himself) spinning prayer wheels as they go. The bright colours and warm smiles in the monestaries beckon to uncertain tourists that hover at the door. Seeing both sites back to back was a cultural jackpot. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br><br><br><br><br>

... qui sont les trois situations dites dangeureuse, courez en zigzag et, des que possible, grimpez dans un arbre ! <br>Si vous rencontrez un elephant sauvage: faites votre priere !<br><br>Debut du Safari donc, au lever du soleil, en cannot parmi un bon nombre de crocros. Entree dans le parc par un secteur dit d,herbes longues (les herbes en question faisant pres de 8 pieds ! Bonne chance avec la tondeuse du dimanche matin !!). On se croirait dans un Indiana ...

... would stop threshing or h*rvesting *nd run up to the bus *nd w*ve *t us. These people weren't begging like the children in the towns, but it w*s like f*lling b*ck through * time w*rp to w*tch them. They even m*ke mud bricks like we m*ke turf, *nd use them to build their squ*re little houses. They *lso h*ve these str*nge tr*ctors, which *re b*sic*lly just * l*wnmower engine on two wheels with * tr*iler *tt*ched, *nd the driver steers with * long met*l b*r. They're *lso gener*lly *ll ...

... so this may be the last update for awhile. When we are back, we promise more pictures. If we do not have access...write again in about a month!!!<br><br>P.S. James C. ...today we learned about some rock nearby that we may have a chance to get on!<br>P.P.S John if the Steelers won every game, it would demoralize the rest of the league too much. Haha<br><br>Take care all<br>Deb and Bry

... I looked like the pink bandit as I wore my pink hat and pink mask. Since I lost the pink one, I now have a lovely white mask which turns the water in the sink black as I wash it out every two days...<br><br>Two days of sickness hell followed for me this week. Of course it started the day I needed to take a 6 hour bus ride up a mountain but again it was either staying in Ktm or going to the serene and beautiful mountain. Hmmm.<br><br>My stay at the home stay was over so I ...

... hour ride), it costs $10 CDN but if you want the adventure and the full experience, nothing beats the .22 cents you pay for the micro-bus. Anywhere else around town the cab fare is only about $2.20 CDN but $150 r sounds so much more expensive than $2.20. And hey the bus is 22 cents!<br><br>I show up in Bhaktapur after shuffling around, being bent in odd ways, exercising each arm while hanging on to the small railing above my head, and trying not to shove my backpack into the face and lap ...

... and I'd love to go rafting. We shall see what will happen as I am on Nepali time. Very similar to Mexican time. <br><br>Another thing is I apparently need to already have a volunteer id card in order to volunteer tomorrow, but I can't get the card until I get to the volunteering placement...Another third world country-ism. My lord. Haha.<br><br>I'm to apear at the elderly home but also check if the school is open. One teacher said it was. The other said it was closed ...

... of old sankaras (bad karmas). Easier said than doen, it was still a battle, our bodies suffered and our brains were strained. On day two we were wondering what the hell we were there for then as the week unfolded, the rewards started to appear and wisdom was gained.<br><br>The last day was the meta meditation which is all about peace, love and harmony and dedicates the merits of the week to all sentient beings so that they all may be happy. nice one.<br>All ...