Ive hardly had the time to charge my phone, let alone use the internet. I attended story time at the orphanage and these kids are so freaking happy. While I see American children upset they don’t have the newest gaming device or shoes from the mall, these kids are so excited to listen to a local elder tell jokes for an hour. They live in what we would consider terrible conditions (the girls room is connected to the cow barn) and they go to sleep happy to have a bed. These children have really helped put alot in to perspective for me. I enjoy the little work we do here.
we visited Pokhara and after a day of no one deciding what they wanted to do, we parted ways and I headed home. Me and Anna spent the night watching scary movies with our host family. It was a great bonding experience.
yesterday my roommate felt sick still so we admitted her to the local hospital. She has been battling a very severe bacterial infection ever since. I stayed in the hospital with her because I heard horror stories of hospitals drugging their clients for days so they can get paid more money. I’m a little concerned as to the overall sanitation of the hospital though. No one wears masks, washes their hands. The man taking care of Anna has had no medical training whatsoever. The doctor was offended when I suggested that the standards were not hygienic but I really didnt care. I’ll ask that the assistant wash his hands a hundred times if it means she wont contract a disease.
While Anna was in the hospital, I ventured out to Lakeside ALONE. (Sorry mom and dad!)Lakeside is a very safe touristy area -emphasis on touristy. I decided that I would visit the temple that no one would pay 100NPR for the day before. That’s $1USD btw. Being the only non Hindi on the boat I was of course, a spectacle. Everyone just kept staring at me the whole boat ride to the island but I didn’t care. The lake is so beautiful and I am happy I got to go alone. The reflection of the mountains on the lake is not an exaggeration. When I got to the temple I took a few photographs and ignored the stares, the calls for me to buy overpriced tourist trinkets. An Indian woman literally grabbed me, threw her arm around me as her friend took 4 pictures of us. Um helurrr? Personal space?
I enjoyed several cafes before heading back into town. I spent the night in the hospital and ill head to my new homestay tonight. It is very difficult to type on my phone so adios!