went to GB. went to wimbledon. saw roger federer, nikolay davydenko, andy roddick, and venus williams. went to london. saw EVERYTHING! amazing :)
got to kathmandu! i don't really know where to start... i've already done and seen and learned sooooo much. learned my first nepali word: pani. means water. it's really, really hot! sulava's family has been so incredibly generous. their home is lovely and her family is wonderful. the food is AMAZING! last night we went to this friend of the family's hotel/restaurant to eat. there had to have been at least 5 courses. we ate and watched the world cup. can you believe italy lost?!
i officially love "momos" or dumplings. everything is so flavorful here -- and not just the food. there is sooo much to stimulate your senses. i love that i don't understand anything. i love that i can't read anything. i love listening to sulava's family talk to/over each other. just a quick exchange about tea sounds like an intense debate. today we went to thamel, the backpackers' district. i'm glad to not be staying there. it's not unpleasant, it's just not as nice as it is to be with a family -- all the cousins and grandparents and aunts and uncles... i'm trying to learn all the words for everyone. mom's relatives and dad's relatives are called different things, etc., etc., so it's pretty confusing!
Kaji's family came to collect the things I brought for them from durango. they were incredibly sweet, and i'll go spend a day at their home after the wedding.
sulava's aunt took me to a fabric store today to get a kurta outfit made! sulava kinda picked it out for me. it should be ready in 5 days. i'm stoked! and sulava got me a blue sari to wear to the wedding ceremony :) bought a little cloth mask to wear over my mouth and nose because the polution is so bad here. not stoked.
tonight i sat on the second level porch of sulava's father's parent's house and watched the sunset. the "hills" around kathmandu are the size of the biggest mountains in the east. i'll see mountains day after tomorrow! a red and white kite were flying way over the buildings, and sulava explained about the kite flying competition they hold in the city, just like the one described in the book, kite runner. it's so busy during the day, but the evenings are very peaceful.
i already love nepal, and i haven't even left kathmandu yet...
Hey JoJo, Happy 4th of July!! 8AM here, so it must be evening in Nepal. All I can say is...better you guys than me, lol. Leeches? No thanks, that's why God invented postcards.
ReplyDeleteWhen you can, describe the towns you are in...what do they look like? Any interesting architecture, unusual features, etc. You can skip the description of Napali toilets, no worries there.
All is well here. Went to Kate's birthday party, she's doing great. Lola is happy...I feel her ribs every day, worried that she doesn't gain weight. She's getting exercise, but no 5 mile runs...too hot. So far, so good. Only dog I know that loves raw cauliflower.
Be careful!!!