Arrival

Namaste! (nah-mah-stay) aka 'greetings' from Nepal! We finally made it- we had a 10 hour lay-over in Bahrain but thank the lord I had three good friends (Katherine, Elisabeth and Arran) to keep me company. Unfortunately, only 2 out of our 5 bags made it and by some stroke of luck, one of the two was mine. We'll be heading back to the airport tomorrow AM to reclaim the rest.

When we arrived, we were taken to our first "guest house" in Kathmandu in a UNESCO world heritage site called Newa Chen. It is BEAUTIFUL (pics to come). We'll be staying here 2 nights...learning language and customs and also touring around the KTM area before we head to Dhulikhel where we will be spending the rest of our trip.

Aarti is a classmate of mine who has been here since Jan 3rd (and also spent a semester abroad here in college) and knows the area and speaks fluent Nepali...it is so great to have her to guide us and to cut down on the language barrier. I can't wait to get some major sleep and to wake up to morning tea in Nepal! Goodnight all, or once again namaste (it's like aloha-can be used in more ways that one). XOXO