Entry 24 Job Done

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

A few more days of Nepal left. Everything needed to be finished.

A lot of goodbyes to be said. I am fine with these events. Nothing lasts forever after all. I said good bye to the school, my trekking guide, the company, the tycoon and his crew, the hostel, and my host family. I felt I was very lucky with the timing, and mostly the people who I met. There were also the wood carver Binod, the teachers from the school,

I went off to stock up some souvenirs and got some blessed tibetan prayer flags. I also bought a couple of packets of ‘Tasty biscuits’. It had key ingredients such as ‘EDIBLE’ starch which was awesome because it was edible as supposed to inedible. Each 200g packet costs 12 Rupees. BARGAIN. The huge length of time until the expiry date meant it was a pretty good souvenir for myself. The light fluffy texture was KWALITY!!!

Edible starch is a good ingredients for biscuits.

The host mum. She provided the Dhal Bhat that powered me twice a day, everyday. She cooked over 100 Dhal Bhats for me. Although they do taste pretty much exactly the same due to limited choice of ingredients and a more limited choice of herbs etc. And to be fair, she did an excellent job considering she only had curry powder, chilli powder and salt to work with. It was all good food. Although I had to top up with pizzas when I decided that I deserved an Ex-pat lifestyle for a week or 2. (A few days before and the week after the trek)

Thank you for the Lama’s for their wonderful hospitality and made sure I survived Nepal.

There was time for an epic Everest mountain flight courtesy of Help 2 Educate UK. Another trip with a dual propeller plane. It felt safe and still had computer and modern stuff in it.

In this blog, little was mentioned about the hostel. It was undergoing some fundamental structural change. Hence at times, it was difficult. But it’s director, Ian was in Nepal fixing it. The whole charity is a credit to him and his team. The growth in 6 or how many years was pretty amazing. Their work is representative to what Nepal needs. Ian is definitely doing something that I can’t do. So respect points there.