Once you get out of the bustling maddness of the city, it is so beautiful out here. The land is green and lush this time of year, with it being the tail end of the monsoon season. The rough bus ride out to the village was quite an experience in itself- think very poorly maintained paved and dirt roads at 50mph- so bumpy and hilarious! White people draw quite a bit of attention out in the villages, where we are few and far between. My host family was absolutely darling, and they had so much patience for my very poor Nepalese at the beginning of my stay. But you'd be surprised, by the end of the 6 days I was speaking complete sentences and they actually began to understand me a lot more quickly! They knew
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