For the time being, the radio appearance has been postponed, but we'll keep you posted. Andy got in touch with the director of rehab at the local hospital and will be going for a tour on Friday. We also wandered up to the Rainbow orphanage this past Monday. A health visitor from England was there and immediately identified several children who need help. We returned yesterday for Andy to begin his four assessments... just the tip of the iceberg, we suspect. The orphanage is interesting; 22 children in a family home. There's so little space that some of them share a bed. Volunteers come and go; some for a few days, some a few months. They allow anyone to come visit without any kind of screening or background check which seems dodgy, but perhaps the need for funds is so great that they can't afford to do it any other way. We met two Aussie ladies that are now friends; they are volunteering at the orphanage for a week. We'll probably grab a bite to eat with them tonight after Andy does more work there (after our work at the clinic). Yesterday they came and received student massages and were impressed.
Last evening we attended the second wedding anniversary party of our Nepali friends. They really splashed out with way too much food and drink, and we sincerely hope it wasn't on our account.... puts one in a bit of a cultural 'what to do?' sort of bind. It was lovely they made such an effort, anyway. We weren't sure what to get them, so decided to get them what they wanted: Cadburys hot chocolate and a Kylie Minogue cd.
Our plans to go to Lumbini, birthplace of the Buddha, are on hold as there are strikes on there... no traffic in or out. Some have been stranded there for 6 days.. not a situation we want to get involved in. Time will tell. We can always go on our next visit.
We'll sign off for now.
We'll sign off for now.
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"The happier we are , the less we hate." (Fishboy)
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