Hey, Its 10:00pm here in the wonderful city of Kathmandu. I had a really good day today. I had my final lesson in basic Nepali language this morning. Ended up chatting with our teacher for ages about Nepal, its culture, government, religion etc. It was so interesting. Every day I am more and more facinated by this place. I just cannot say how different it is to home. There is so much I could say but I'd be here all night. But I'm really beginning to love it. Its beautiful and hideous all at the same time. Its shocking and moving. And most of all very humbling. Here, electrical power cuts (called 'load shedding') are the norm (twice a day), they do not have clean water, many children are homeless, traffic jams are the norm, health
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