Sorry if yesterdays post didn’t make much sense, it was quite sparse on details I know – I was rather tired when typing it!
Anyway, we’re now at Kathmandu airport – waiting to board out first flight to Doha. The last 2 weeks have been awesome, the places we’ve seen, the people we’ve met, the things we’ve experienced! I’m quite sad to be going home – I shall miss this land and the people I’ve met here, but I’m excited to see Linda and be home!!
We don’t have long on this Wifi coupon – so this won’t be a big post, we’ll do more reflecting and writing once we’re home in the UK. Although this trip is ending, the relationships started on this trip are just beginning. I’ll certainly be keeping in touch with many of the people I’ve met on this trip – shall hopefully see them again at some point too! I’m very thankfull to CMS and the Church of Scotland for allowing me this opportunity and I look forward to sharing the stories from the trip and reflecting more upon what I’ve learned and what I’ve exprienced. i’ll be spending time over the next few days doing much writing and sorting through my photos – many of the delegates are waiting to see my photos appear on my website and on flickr!
Anyhoo, I shall pass over to the rest of the gang so that they can share their thoughts on leaving the country…..
Hey all! So last couple of days have been very busy but all good fun!! Our last day at the conference was great – during the workshops and studies I was still meeting new people which was lovely!! So the last nigth ended in a lot of dancing and not much sleep! All was fun and the last morning we had an awesome view of the mountains which was a lovely ending to our time in Pokhara! The journey back to Kathmandu was hot and pretty fast most of the way in a little bus! 
Until we hit traffic up the mountain road and then sat there for an hour and half!!
The last day and half ended back in Kathmandu and finished with a lovely meal with a great couple we met at the conference and a shop today!! At last i’m back to myself in the shopping world!! Hehe . . so just sat in the airport now and ready to be home!! Will hopefully post something when we’re back home reflecting on the whole journey of Nepal!! Thanks so much for all the support!!
We’re in the airport now, waiting for departure. In the last few days I’ve gone from the massive low of being ill and being unable to eat enough to have any energy, to the enormous high of spending time with such a fantastic group of people in such amazing surroundings, and back again, several times over.
I have had some of the best experiences of my life. We spent the last night dancing – more ceilidh dancing, some salsa, some South Indian, some Pakistani (ask Chris for a demonstration!), and then I watched the sunrise over Anna Purna and Fishtail (can’t spell its proper name, don’t have time to check). I’ve met people who I would have loved to be able to get to know more, and who I hope to keep in touch with. Now when Pakistan is mentioned on the news I’ll think about Daud teaching Chris to dance, and when I hear about India I’ll remember Sanjay’s laugh. I’ve had some awful experiences as well – primarily illness related. But overall the good times have outweighed the bad many times over.
Chris is asking if I’ll be much longer, so I’ll leave it at that. If I type any more I may start crying anyway. I blame tiredness entirely, by the way, nothing to do with me being a soppy big moosh!
