Jan 4th

Jan 4 (Mon) AM
I am going through security to get to Kathmandu. It certainly is a lot more relaxed than the US. I needlessly threw out my water bottle. Oh well…my traveling is almost done. The other unique thing this time was they had men and women go through the lines separately.

Jan 4 (Mon) 9:30 PM
We just got back from dinner and are going to bed. I need rest! I ate as much as I possibly could and still only finished about 2/3 of what was given to me. It was a nice dinner place in an old palace. 5 traditional Nepali dances were performed while we ate. The chairs had no legs so my hips were cramping b the end of dinner. Today was a fun introduction for me and Andrew (the other volunteer here) with a coordinator lady. It is cool because the place that works with UP [United Planet] is also a well known eco-tourist place. Examples -> the restaurant we went to tonight serves mineral water in clean cups rather than giving us each a plastic bottle. I had an “Everest” beer which I really enjoyed. Nepal is fun, but the streets are as bad if not worse than those in Kenya. More late, I’m tired and am excited for a horizontal bed rather than a chair to sleep in!