(Picture - My 2 host sisters/didi's (Ramdevi and Gyanu) and my sister-in-law Bhauju.)
Hi guys, haven't got long left on internet now - spent too much time on facebook chat to Dad and Ashlee!!
So
on Friday we went to Kathmandu for Holly's birthday and to have some
food that wasn't rice! It was a really good night and I think Holly had a good time too which is fab. We stayed at the
hotel we stayed at during orientation. On Saturday morning we went
shopping and to the internet cafe before we had to get the taxi back to
Sirutar. Driving in Kathmandu is not like UK driving and on the way
back me and Harriet were talking about how suprised we are we haven't
seen a crash yet...and then our taxi hit a boy on a bike! It was soo
scary, luckily the boy was ok but we were all so scared. It was
horrible.
We
got back to Sirutar and there had been heavy rainfall and the whole
village was pretty much flooded - our project site was a mess! There's
been a lot of rain this week but today it's sunny again so we've caught
up on the work we think!
On Sunday we had work in the morning, then
venture meeting and then Harriet, Jahira and Hina came to meet mine and Meena's family :) They were so suprised to see how modern our house is compared to theirs! Our family are so friendly and as soon as they saw the volunteers offered them tea and biscuits! :)
On
Monday work finished early because of the rain so we went to the internet
cafe in Lubhoo and on the way there I lost my flip flop in a rice field! I had to run
after it...everyone found it so funny, but trust me- it wasn't funny!!
That evening at home I taught Meena and Ben10 how to play black jack -
now we play it every night, I think I might regret that in 8 weeks time! Ben10 has not beat me yet, i'm sure he will beat me before we leave though, he's learning fast!
Um...yesterday we had to finish work
early again - we are all starting to get a bit worried about these half days because
we really want to finish this project! We had a nepalese lesson in the
afternoon which was good - I can now write Alyx Pleaden in Nepali :)
And my nepali family gave me the name Aishwarya and I can write that in
Nepalese too! The leader of IDF gave me a phone so I can finally use
my nepalese sim! Yay!
Today
we've been working all day and are all absolutely knackered! I was on
wheel barrow duty this morning and that may sound easy, but trust me it's not! I was then on the
shovel and digging duty...not fun. Have got lots of blisters on my
hands!! Oh and this morning on the way to work I fell over
twice...scraped my hands and knees...not fun. So I'm in a lot of pain! However the village people found it hilarious - typical!
Hope everythings good in England! I've heard its sunny - wow!
Sorry
this post is very vague - not much time! Will write more on Friday
hopefully...maybe Sat but we're hoping to go trekking then!! And I'll
try put some photos on this blog page then too!
Enjoy the last few weeks of summer!
Miss you all, keep me updated! xxxxx
