Day in Kathmandu

     This morning we woke up and ate some breakfast at the hotel. Afterwards Suvani, who works with the Book Bus / Quixote Cove project picked us up so we could go and drop off the books we had brought. We went to her office where we met others who work there and we talked about what the Book Bus organization was doing and what it had done. It was very cool to see what they are doing and I hope the books we brought are helpful!

       After the Book Bus went went to the office of the Himalayan Glacier (the company we are trekking with) to get everything ready. After we needed to grab some things so we got to walk around the street and WOW they are super chaotic and crazy. No sidewalks, dodging cars, motorcycles, and people. You need to be very aware of what's happening or something could go wrong. Most roads are the size of a large side walk and  cars, buses, motorcycles, bikes, and people all have to fit. There are many small shops with clothing, food, pashminas, souvenirs, electronics, etc. Also always honking going on, not really a mean kind of honk just a, 'I'm here', or 'go' honk. In the busy parts you can't go five seconds without hearing the high pitched honk, yes I counted. :)

     As we're we're driving in town I was looking around and I was very surprised when I looked up and a monkey was perched on the power lines. Also someone had hung there dripping wet laundry right over a crazy power line post. Another surprise was I was again looking out of the car window and saw a cow just sitting in the side walk, not expecting that.

      After waking around, we went back to the room to relax and nap. I actually woke up and asked when we should get ready for breakfast thinking I had slept through the night, it was only 5 pm, whoops. There is an eleven hour time change for you!

 

 

     For dinner Naba, who helped us get ready for our trek, his wife Goma and daughter- Jasmine, who is my age, and three other hikers (from Hungary, Dubai, and Poland) met at a pretty place in town. We watched traditional dancing and had Dhal Bhat- rice,veggies, and chicken or fish. It was tasty and really cool to talk to Jasmine and experience the dinner. When we were driving back to the hotel there was a lot of lighting and thunder and it started pouring as soon as we got inside. And that's where it leads to now!

~Callie

Jasmine and I