Ok im back and I got some stuff to tell yall

Sorry I havent posted in a little while, but I have been busy and I have to go about a quarter to a half mile down the road to get on the internet. So its been difficult finding the time to do this.

Well where do I begin, I just did all my laundry this morning in a bucket utilizing a well water pump, thats a first for me. I was able to get all of it done in about an hour. The kids at the refuge helped me rinse half of my laundry load and hang them on the clothes line on top of the building.

There have been quite a few firsts for me down here, I have ridden on the back of a motorcycle through town a few times. I have also ridden on the back of a bycicle which is anything but comfterable, to be blunt it kills your ass. Especially since the roads are bumpy.

I guess another fist is seeing water buffalo, goats and packs of dogs here and there walking at will around town. Not sure if anyone owns them but they seem content to walk down the road and through traffic.

Ummmm...what else, food, my daily eating at main meals consists of dhal bot, which is rice with a lentel soup (more like broth with a few lentals) and there are some potatoes. I eat "lunch" at about 10:00 typically and have dinner at 8:00. There are snacks in-between. I also have milk tea in the morning at about 7:00 with cookies. The milk tea is great.

So I have had alot of good food while here, its to bad that I have absolutely no idea the name of the particular meal is or how to make it. I think that I have managed to lean the Nepali secret behind the milk tea though.

So literally right now I am down the street drinking some mint tea in the other volunteer house. These particular volunteers are some English blokes, infact all the volunteers are from "across the channel" as this organization is based in the UK. I was told that I was the first American to volunteer for this organization.

Coffee, I dont really have access to that black amazing drink from the gods. I had my first cup yesterday in a restaraunt with some dinner. I was like a party in my mouth and everyone was invited. I really miss coffee...and PIZZA...and sane orderly driving.

Driving anywhere in Nepal is insane and not meant for the faint of heart especially if your driving on a mountain road with a sheer drop less than a meter away. But the good news is that the Nepalese have mastered that art of controlled chaos which dominates all the roads that I have seen here in Nepal.