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I had planned to go to Genisis Academy near Boudannath to meet with Pramila at 11 but at breakfast, Dipendra explains to me about an orphanage that is taking in visitors as a way of raising funds. They provide food and board and I pay hotel priced rent. It’s a new idea they are trailing.Continue reading “Tuesday 10 May 2016”

I’ve decided to spend a week living at an orphanage in northern Kathmandu. Dipendra at Hotel Lily suggested it over breakfast on Monday. The chairman of the orphanage picks me up on his motorbike and for about 30 minutes we travel through the streets to a part of Kathmandu called Tokah. It’s a new areaContinue reading “Wednesday 11 May 2016”

Still having stomach problems and feeling tired. Getting up in the mornings is difficult. Another quiet day. Went for a walk around the streets in the afternoon.

Caught up with my friends from the Church again this afternoon. They gave me a bible because I expressed an interest in reading it. It’s a genuine interest and I will read it for the first time soon. They deliberately gave me a travel-sized version of the bible, which is great but the print isContinue reading “Sunday 8 May 2016”

Nothing planned today. I meet with Harry in the morning for coffee and learnt a lot more about Nepalese Hindu culture. After lunch I wander down to the shop near the hotel. Krishna runs the little shop in a narrow lane way with his wife and family. He offers me tea as he does withContinue reading “Thursday 5 May 2016”

It’s Mother’s Day in Nepal today and yest the celebrate it similarly to how we do. They respect their mothers very much here.  I catch a taxi to Boudannath to meet with Val Shears at 9.00am. Val is a good friend of Tim and MFs and served a term as mayor for the Cairns RegionslContinue reading “Friday 6 May 2016”

Continue to work on photos. Did some editing on Tim’s website. Had to go to Himalayan Jave for the good wifi. Also having problems getting access to my Qantas card app. It’s locked me out because I failed the pin twice! Anyway, I got it sorted eventually.

Continue to work on photos. I’m also planning my exit from Nepal. I’ve decided to go via Dhaka in Banhladesh for something different. I can get a visa on arrival and it costs $32 US. I will stay a week before flying to Bangkok. Bit of an attempt at a thunderstorm tonight. No rain though.

Quiet day again. My gut problem has returned again. Still not sure what’s causing it. Caught up with Purna and his friends at the church. I always come away from their services feeling good. Not sure why. I’ve been accidentally calling Purna on my phone. Strangely I have a Nepslese SIM card and if aContinue reading “Sunday 1 May 2016”

Started going through photos to do some editing and to post stories onto Facebook. Organise do laundry etc. still happy to do very little.