It’s Tamang New Year’s Day today and it’s a holiday. No school so Phulmaya and Arneil take us on a walk up to the lollipop trees. It’s a reasonable walk with great views. We get back just before lunch. While resting after lunch, Manni walks into Batase. He ran all the way from Kathmandu in 4 hours! Amazing effort. He has done marathons very successfully in Nepal, coming second in the Kathmandu marathon.
We get back from our walk and hear that Jack the dog had died. He had been despatate for days, not eating. He finally succumbed to injuries sustained from fighting wild pigs we think. The locals say it was from other dogs. We tried to help with keeping him walk and wit some antibacterial drugs. He’s famous. One of the elders initially rescued him from the mouth of a tiger and that’s how he came into the village. He was s bit naughty so the tried to dump him in Kathmandu thinking he could look after himself there. Within a day he had walked back to the village. They buried him on the side of a hill.
Wifi comes on and we all rush to use it. It’s been out for days.
Another game of cricket. Some of the kids are so enthusiastic, including the girls. I’m making some wickets, hopefully ready for tomorrow.
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loving the updates Angus!!!