Cross the Bridge
That was some day!!
Wow, today has been pretty awesome, for the most part. Joanna and John haven’t been feeling well, neither has Jonny. Jonny and John are perking up, but Joanna is still feeling a bit unwell – so she’s popped off to see the resident conference doctor to see what advice she can get. The morning started … Continue reading
Day of exposures!
So today was our second day at the conference and all is going well! I’m having good fun still meeting with different people and going to the workshops and listening to what has to be said about the youth culture and building bridges. Today was a little different and we went on the cultural trips … Continue reading
And now the conference starts!
Today was the first day of our primary reason fro being in Nepal – the SACYN ‘Crossing the Bridge’ conference. It’s been an amazing day – it started, for me, by bring woken up at 5:30am by, what sounded like, thousands of birds waking up and singing away! It was glorious! I also discovered that … Continue reading
Journey to Pokhara
I have had the most awesome day! One of those days that makes you glad to be alive! We left Kathmandu at 12noon today, and arrived in Pokhara, 200km away, 7 hours later! The journey to get here is fantastic! surrounded by mountains, lakes, villages, rice fields, so many amazing sights I still can’t compute … Continue reading
A bit of a mixed day…
Today was an interesting day. I’ve spent most of the day holed up in my bedroom trying to drink and sleep enough to feel better – it wasn’t the most pleasant night I’ve ever had! I’ll be making an effort to avoid Buffalo Momo in the future – although I’ll still be having vegetable Momo!!! … Continue reading
Himalayan Sunrise
This morning, Chuli, Suzi and myself got up at 5am to watch the sunrise. It was beautiful. I feel very blessed to have had the chance to watch the sunrise over the Himalayas. We aren’t in the heart of the range, so the mountains around us are ‘only’ topping out around 2000/2500 meters!
Mission in Nepal….
So today was an interesting day. We stayed up fairly late last night chatting and getting to know one another. we all then woke up far too early! Our first port of call today was the offices of CMN. CMN is an organisation working for and with the people of Nepal addressing the root causes … Continue reading
Tourists in Nepal
Our first full day in Nepal is almost at an end – we’ll spend the rest of the evening just chilling in the hotel chatting about the day and playing cards (Joanna and I intend on teaching Chuli and Suzi how to play ‘spoons’!) Today has been a fascinating day, a fun day, a busy … Continue reading
We’re Here!!!!
Well, we’ve arrived safe and sound! Was a very long journey to get here, took me 28 hours and even Chuli who had the shortest journey was over 18 hours! Doha was an interesting airport – we arrived there at 5.40am and it was already 32 Celsius outside, that was a shock! First impressions of … Continue reading
Come……
Only 2 days until we leave for Nepal! Well, 4 of us. Joanna and I leave Edinburgh just before 2:30 on Monday and then meet up with Chuli and Suzi in Heathrow before flying out, we’ll then meet John and Peter out there. It’s all getting very real and very exciting! I feel a bit … Continue reading