May 16

Weve had a pretty cool last couple of days. on the 14th me and bridget went to the orphanage that we will be working at. there are 13 kids and it is a bit of a trek from our house but we just take the bus and then walk. The kids are sooooo cute...they range from like 3-15, but the 3 year olds look pretty young because they are so small (most nepalis are really small but i think its especially true when they are malnourished and what not). they are amazing though, they speak english so well. when we first arrived, they all formed a line around where we were sitting and came up to us and said "namaste" while bowing, and then introducing themselves and asking our names and where we were from. and then they are just so curious about us and our interests and canada and literally everything. they go to school 6 days a week until 330 so we will be going to the orphanages at 4 each day. we just play with them and they read to us (in english) or teach us nepali if we ask. were basically there to just be their friends. its super cute and impressive. People here LOVE when foreigners speak or even try to speak their language. They get very excited and smiley, its so great. ive learned how to say "may name is kaylen" and count to three, and thank you/please/your welcome/ and sorry. they thought it was pretty funny when we asked how to say sorry because your always bumping into people here and we always say it but i guess here they dont really use it. sort of wierd. yesterday was really cool too we went to this temple that is one of the most improtant temples in nepal (and asia) where they cremate people i cant remember what it is called...it was insane...they had all these pits everywhere and in one vicinity you have just the everday nepali who was to be cremated there, and then in the other vicinity was where the political leaders and elite and stuff are burned. and we saw it all! there were like 4 fire pits going and we watched them bring someone to one of them for burning, it was wild. Nepali's when they are dying some of them go up to this temple and just wrap themselves in blankets and then wait to die, doing this means that they basically get a direct passage to heaven and dont have to worry about coming back as anything weird. So that waas veryyy cool, you would think it would make you feel sick to look at it or see that type of thing happening, but it doesnt seem that weird when you are there, i guess its because its part of their traditions and cultures. wetook a bunch of pictures so ill try to upload some later on. We have started using the public transportation here too which is pretty hilarious....its basically a bunch of busses, or vans, or tuktuks where someone is leaning out of the door the whole ride yellling a list of places it passes (all in nepali and veryyy fast so its pretty hard to understand) and then you have to yell back and tell them where you are going while the bus is still in motion and if your lucky it will stop and get you. then they just cram them packed too so like 20 people arejammed in this small van. Bridget just left for her first day in the hospital, I may go there one of these days (there really is no system here, you just kind of go where you want when you want), I am going to the monastery for my first day of teaching pretty soon. Waiting for someone to show me where to go...haha no training needed for this either apparently...so I may pick up some books and stuff to make lessons for them after today.
So! theres the update!
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