So yesterday I picked up our train and bus tickets to Nepal. We are leaving on Monday on the overnight bus to smelly Delhi, from there we are gonna get a train to the border which is another overnighter and once we get through the border we will get a bus to Kathmandu. The monastery starts on the 6th and we shall be there for 10 days with no fags and booze which is good as am feeling like the ole body needs a bit of a detox as we have been partying pretty hard as of late. Although we are both gutted to be going but we are aiming to come back here for June or maybe earlier, could be fab to have my 36th birthday here yay!!
Our little gang of four has been split as Baby has gone to Delhi for a few days but he is coming back tomorrow so party on!! Last night me and Sophie went to Wang-cho's house to finally make momos. It was a great little vibe, he has a small room but we somehow managed to fit about 6 people in and we all prepared the momos together. I do love that whole communal feel that there is here everyone is just so willing to help each other out. We had to grate about a million potatoes ( well not that many but it was a lot )with ginger, garlic, spinach and cheese. The boys had already made the pastry up, could probably sense my lack of cooking skills or that I would of been tempted to have an egg fight. Well can't see me and Soph working in a momo factory anytime soon, the Tibetan's were in stitches at our attempts to make momo's. They had perfect little balls ( I mean the momo's!! ) but mine and Sophies were just undescribable shapes. Anyhow was all good fun.
Had a good night in McLoos ( our local) the other night. We bumped into our favourite Americano, Dave who we have bumped into about 4 times so far on our trip, should we be worried he is stalking us???? And also Groinye who we met briefly down south. So we all caught up over a few cheeky beers and the night ended with some pissed up locals having a sing a long but all in good fun. Not like at home when people start singing and getting loud in a bar it usually ends up going home in a police car or a trip to A&E. This is yet another reason I love this place, it's just such a peaceful vibe.
Am still going to the conversational classes and continue to meet the most beautiful people. Whenever we walk into the class there are always smiling faces looking up at us wanting to chat. I know I sound like I have been doing pills with all this loveliness but it just blows me away how kind and lovely the people here are. Today we are giving a private chat to a monk who speaks absolutely no English at all! I did manage to get him to understand "my name is Annie, what is your name?" So that is a promising start. May even have to pull some of my pigeon Tibetan out the bag, but as it is mostly swearwords I may be limited. Japassa "eat my shit" is my favourite so far!.Anyway enough of this waffle I have some serious sunbathing to do although why I bother is beyond me. Am convinced I was born with no melonin in my skin. Until next time Kaley shoo ( goodbye in Tibetan) xoxoxoxoxo
