22 February, Kathmandu: Chamelli's departure
09.00 my new alarm works well!
Breakfast at Mandap Hotel and yes back to H.E. office again. Rita said farewell to everybody and at 13.00 our taxi was waiting outside the Mandap Hotel to bring us to the airport.
(A big THANK YOU to Dill for arranging everything so smoothly for us, being not real 'clients' of H.E., but 'just' FRIENDS!)
Despite our different ways of life, looking at it and living our lives very differently - which sometimes caused misunderstandings, arguments and discussions - both of us where very emotional at Rita's goodbye.
She is on her way home now, back to 'her world', leaving me behind in a part of 'my world'.
I think I can speak for the both of us saying it was a big experience traveling together, sharing a room together, but most of all Sharing Nepal, the projects and my kids together.
We both have learned a lot those last 3 weeks, about each other (her way, her world, my sometimes clumsy, insufficient way of explaining, expressing myself), but at the end of these weeks we parted as the sisters we used to be, with a lot of respect for each other and compassion for each other.
It will be good to meet up again in Crete, to share our day-off in Elounda on the beach, probably in the beginning memorizing our 'adventures' in Nepal and laugh together about it.
I certainly want to 'praise' Rita for her great participation during this trip. To mention a few things of her 'once-in-a-lifetime' experiences:
no electricity, a lot of less comfort, her Canoetrip on the river on our way to the Elephant Breeding Center (she hates water, is scared of it - like I suffer from being afraid of heights) - which she actually enjoyed after her first 'being afraid'.
Lessons in patience, different food, all kinds of transportation, etc.
If I can find it I will get her a t-shirt with the words "I SAW, SMELT, TASTED and DID NEPAL! Which she did indeed.
Bravo Rita and a big Thank you for your willing, trying and doing this shared experience with me!
Your family and friends will fall of their chairs when you show them the pictures. They HAVE to believe that you've done all and everything!
Also a thank you for 'teaching' me. I know this experience of travelling together will be of great value next year when I will go back to MY Nepal again with hopefully one or maybe even two groups of people on a 'sponsortrip'.
Bravo, Thank You and see you soon in Elounda Bahinie (little sister), Rita2 or your Nepali name: Chamelli (Jasmin).
Back in Thamel on my own. 'Report at H.E. and on my way to the Internet, where I was able to update you with 2 days adventure, until the electricity was off again. I failed to insert the pictures, because the computer I worked on had a broken CD-rom drive (grrrr). I will try again in my favourite Internetplace in Pokhara.
Found a nice little present for Dill: a small leather organizer that will fit in a trouserpocket or jacket pocket to safe all his papers in. An idea of Rita. She noticed that his jeanspockets were full and Dill explained: left pocket just scraps of paper, unimportant. Right pocket: important notes. Back pocket mobilephone, other backpocket some money. Now he can collect all this and organize it in the leather case.
I went with Lolly to a local Dahl Bath house where we were going to meet Dill later. A very tasty Dahl Bath eaten with my hands, while Lolly kept me company. When my food was finished Lolly walked me back to the hotel and he left.
Waiting for Dill for goodbye in the hotelbar, nice and warm, sitting close to a firebasket with my nightcap - writing - until 22.30.
(Oops 22.30! Dill called that he was still in the office, that he will be here in the morning to bring me personally to the busstation.
He first assigned one of the other boys, because we were supposed to meet tonight for a Dahl Bath and a last drink together.
23.15 in my room, have to leave the writing until tomorrow, have to try to get some sleep with my wake up call at 06.00 tomorrow!
(with other words: have to 'switch' my brain off!).
00.00 lights out.
Suba rathri.
Breakfast at Mandap Hotel and yes back to H.E. office again. Rita said farewell to everybody and at 13.00 our taxi was waiting outside the Mandap Hotel to bring us to the airport.
(A big THANK YOU to Dill for arranging everything so smoothly for us, being not real 'clients' of H.E., but 'just' FRIENDS!)
Despite our different ways of life, looking at it and living our lives very differently - which sometimes caused misunderstandings, arguments and discussions - both of us where very emotional at Rita's goodbye.
She is on her way home now, back to 'her world', leaving me behind in a part of 'my world'.
I think I can speak for the both of us saying it was a big experience traveling together, sharing a room together, but most of all Sharing Nepal, the projects and my kids together.
We both have learned a lot those last 3 weeks, about each other (her way, her world, my sometimes clumsy, insufficient way of explaining, expressing myself), but at the end of these weeks we parted as the sisters we used to be, with a lot of respect for each other and compassion for each other.
It will be good to meet up again in Crete, to share our day-off in Elounda on the beach, probably in the beginning memorizing our 'adventures' in Nepal and laugh together about it.
I certainly want to 'praise' Rita for her great participation during this trip. To mention a few things of her 'once-in-a-lifetime' experiences:
no electricity, a lot of less comfort, her Canoetrip on the river on our way to the Elephant Breeding Center (she hates water, is scared of it - like I suffer from being afraid of heights) - which she actually enjoyed after her first 'being afraid'.
Lessons in patience, different food, all kinds of transportation, etc.
If I can find it I will get her a t-shirt with the words "I SAW, SMELT, TASTED and DID NEPAL! Which she did indeed.
Bravo Rita and a big Thank you for your willing, trying and doing this shared experience with me!
Your family and friends will fall of their chairs when you show them the pictures. They HAVE to believe that you've done all and everything!
Also a thank you for 'teaching' me. I know this experience of travelling together will be of great value next year when I will go back to MY Nepal again with hopefully one or maybe even two groups of people on a 'sponsortrip'.
Bravo, Thank You and see you soon in Elounda Bahinie (little sister), Rita2 or your Nepali name: Chamelli (Jasmin).
Back in Thamel on my own. 'Report at H.E. and on my way to the Internet, where I was able to update you with 2 days adventure, until the electricity was off again. I failed to insert the pictures, because the computer I worked on had a broken CD-rom drive (grrrr). I will try again in my favourite Internetplace in Pokhara.
Found a nice little present for Dill: a small leather organizer that will fit in a trouserpocket or jacket pocket to safe all his papers in. An idea of Rita. She noticed that his jeanspockets were full and Dill explained: left pocket just scraps of paper, unimportant. Right pocket: important notes. Back pocket mobilephone, other backpocket some money. Now he can collect all this and organize it in the leather case.
I went with Lolly to a local Dahl Bath house where we were going to meet Dill later. A very tasty Dahl Bath eaten with my hands, while Lolly kept me company. When my food was finished Lolly walked me back to the hotel and he left.
Waiting for Dill for goodbye in the hotelbar, nice and warm, sitting close to a firebasket with my nightcap - writing - until 22.30.
(Oops 22.30! Dill called that he was still in the office, that he will be here in the morning to bring me personally to the busstation.
He first assigned one of the other boys, because we were supposed to meet tonight for a Dahl Bath and a last drink together.
23.15 in my room, have to leave the writing until tomorrow, have to try to get some sleep with my wake up call at 06.00 tomorrow!
(with other words: have to 'switch' my brain off!).
00.00 lights out.
Suba rathri.
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