The last 3 days were spent in Lumbini, in the south of Nepal, which is the alleged birthplace of Buddha. The town itself is tiny and very rural, with only one restaurant that we ate in every single day. Our hotel, although recommended by the Lonely Plane,t was the worst so far. It was 35 degress at around 100% humidity and due to power cuts our fan only really worked for about 2 hours a day. Lumbini is pretty much a Buddihist Disneyland, google the place, the monastries are amazing and really really new. I didnt actually get to see any of it apart from on the bus, because I was stuck in our hotel with food poisoning. Joy. I THINK I'm fully recovered by now.
We're having a chilled out day in Kathmandu today and there is a transport strike on in our district. Apparently what happened is that a young man hired a hitman to kill his girlfriend and hasn't yet been convicted for it, so people are protesting today. If you were to take a taxi or a bus in Patan today, you would be stoned. It think we might just take a leisurely stroll.
The girls at the school were so happy to have us back last night that we got an awkward rendition of Barbie Girl, it was awesome :)
Fiona!!!! How is everything after the prime minister's resignation? I hope you've not been affected in any way.
AntwortenLöschenUnlucky about the food poisoning, but glad to hear your've recovered.
Really enjoying the posts ... you lucky B!@*& :) Keep it up for those of us stuck in rainy Austria. Much loooove x x x x
Nope, haven't started teaching yet! It's been postponed by a week due to festivals and strikes, and then we were stuck in the mountains. Today is Krishna's birthday, so the school had a massive festival and we got FRUIT!!! First day of teaching is tomorrow, English and "social science"
AntwortenLöschenHow is everything in vienna? miss you guuys!