Chitwan

I am terribly sorry to have taken so long to write another post! However, the truth is I literally couldn't. While in Kathmandu I was requested by a few of the volunteer directors to change locations and be placed in Chitwan. They had told me that over 100 students in a small village in Chitwan didn't have an English teacher. And with my teaching in Africa background they asked me to go. I wasn't quite sure what to expect but it sure was a village. It was a seven hour bus ride through the hilly region of Nepal we balanced on cliffs and held on to our seats with great fear. I arrived in Narayanghard, Chitwan's largest city which looked a lot like Jorpati. I was met by the Chitwan coordinator in the city and we took another two hour bus ride to a nearby village then walked 40 minutes to my new host families home. Of course I couldn't teach every 100 students but I tried my best. My schedule looked like this : 7:00am - 9:00am village school in Pati Hani 15 minute bicycle ride from my home. Dal Bhat at 9:30am. Ride my bike to Parvatipur (25 minute bike ride) at 10:30 to teach at Paradise School. Hang out and teach some of the coolest students until about 3:30pm. Then every other day do village school in Padampokhari(my village) from 5:00pm - 6:00pm, eat at 6:30 and normally pass out not long after that. Long days but the kids in Chitwan definitely needed more help than the kids at the orphanage. Which by coincidence I am visiting today because I am in Kathmandu because my flight is in two days :(

Anyway kind of a boring talk but here are a few photos. I lost all of my photos from the schools because I took them on a different camera but a friend has loads so soon she can send them to me as soon as she uploads them to a computer. So basically all I have is the fun stuff I was doing!

Kathmandu

Been in Jorpati Narayantar Kathmandu for almost a month now and I can say that I am loving every single minute of my stay it is absolutely amazing. I'm starting to get really close with the kids, and they're creating a very strong relationship with me. It will be hard to let go - but that's a negative I'll stick with the positive! I took some photos this morning and got a hold of some internet so I'll share... By the way in a previous post I mentioned going to Pokhara after my first month. No way will I do that I love these kids too much to leave them. Hopefully more of you than I think are looking at this...

Shiva studying Highest Common Factor and Lowest Common Factor

Sleeping on the floor is more comfortable anyway right? Pabin on the left Shree on the right

My homestay, on the second floor. 

Sanu and I went to go get some Dal(Lentils)

Monisha and Shristi helped me paint the ceiling... sort of

Shristi being a goof

Shristi taking photos of me painting. Other volunteers and I teamed up to buy the kids a ping pong table and it is a huge hit!

Gopal drinking tea after school

View from orphanage

Gopal, Kajul, and Mina

Mina, Asmita Anjon and Gopal

Me painting the ceiling.

I found some Polish books in their pile of books

Pabin(Puppy as I call him) making his bed

Homework time this morning

Pabin being silly

Shree

Anjon

Kalu "studying"

Shree

Kalu pretending to be Jackie Chan

4 beds of the 10 beds in the boys room

Morning Dal Bhat time

Anjon eating his dal bhat and yes he is using his fingers

Mina and Sunita Dal Bhat

After a hectic 33 hour journey I finally arrived in one of the most beautiful scenic countries I've ever seen. Except I had no bags... Again... Didn't matter though because I didn't have any bags for my first week when I was in Kenya as well! Anyway, now that I've settled down, put on some clean underwear and taken a lovely 33 degree shower I'm just getting ready to leave for my home stay. I'm going to be in Jorpati for the first month then moving on to a farm in Pokhara for the next two months. Enough with the talking here are some pictures...

Traditional Nepali meal - Dal Bhat,  which means Lentil Rice

The Northfield Cafe