Namaste

May 14
Bridgy and I just moved into the volunteer house, it is really cute but a bit further away from where we were before. there are i think about 11 other people staying here, and we just found out that one (actually maybe 2) of them is actually from vancouver, but haveyet to meet him. We passed out last night at about 8pm, sooo exhausted from walking around and checking places out and the heattttt! its so hottt! Today we walked around Thamel some more, you cant ever really get bored of it cause its always buzzing, and there is the coolest gear to look at. we woke up at about 5:45 this morning too so we also had time to go and visit this monkey temple. Pretty cool, but we the monkeys arent actually that cute, theyre pretty mangy and they come pretty close so we tried to keep a distance so we dont get rabies. They all look like theyve been bitten at by other monkeys or animals and their asses are all pink....really arent the cutest creatures. The pictures we have taken are UNREAL, its not like we are good photographers, but it is so easy to catch a pic of the coolest people. They wear teh most beautiful colors and the women's saris are stunning. Its wild cause this place is so poor and the people have next to nothing, but they look so amazing all the time. Usually we have to ask people if we can take a picture before, so that they dont get offended. There are also these people who dress up alot and really work it so that they can get tourists like us to take their pic...then they want money. pretty typical work. There are women who walk around with babies in their arms too and an empty bottle and pretend that they need you to buy them milk, but apparently they sell that milk back to stores or something, its sad. We went to Durbar Square yesterday too and walked around snapping pics. I just noticed that most of the pics i tried to post the other day didnt work, so i will try and post my more recent ones later on today (theyre better anyways). We are in love with this country, the people are so friendly, even though a lot haggle you they are a very 'peaceful people'. There is the coolest stuff that they sell in their little stores, I am going to buy some stuff towards the end of the trip, bridge and i have become pretty good at haggling with them and bartering haha. Bridge is working on a guy right now for a pair of earrings...she tried to get the "matching discount" cause they were both wearing purple...he liked that. Theyre pretty bad at bluffing too, when we dont get the price we want, usually we just walk away and then they come runnng back. some dont bluff though, those ones are annoying.
anyways weve made friends with some peeps in the volunteer house so i think were going to explore. I think that bridge is going to start in the hospital tomorrow, and I will probably go to the orphanage tomorrow. I start teaching on monday. It is a very open schedule and we basically have full autonomy for our schedules. (except the teaching that is set), haha should be interesting considerin i havent taken english since grade 12, and i am supposed to be teaching english (with very minimal structure!).
Will try and post pics tonight, this computer seems a bit slow, but if im feeling patient i may uplaod the best pics we have so far.
xoxox
kk and bridgy