Final days in Kathmandu

June 12
This will probably be the last post of our trip. Excited to come home but sad to leave...it will be nice to have the conveniences of home and to see family and friends. It will also be nice to have the fresh air that we have back home, and not the dirty/smelly/dusty air that is clogging up our sinuses, and making my eyes incredibly irritated. haha oh and also the heat the last week has been ridiculous, i think mostly in preparation for the monsoon season, so it is super humid...so not only are we getting allergies but I have also gotten some weird rash all over my hands. I went to a pharmacy and they gave me some meds for it, not really sure what it is, but i think its from the humidity and heat.
Today we planned a field trip/day trip with the orphans. We rented a bus and took them all to the Childrens park...which is like a mini-PNE. but wayyy more ghetto and all the games/rides are much smaller. Then when we had the bus drive us home, we stopped a pizza hut and ordered some pizzas togo and brought them back to the orphanage. They loved it. They eat dhalbat (rice and a gross soupy sauce) 2-3 times a day so pizza was definitely a treat. The kids are very iffy with rides though and they have a lot of motion issues...haha if that makes sense. They are not used to riding in cars/busses and so going on spinny rides or anything high up, makes them sick. Like for example, in the bus on the ride home, whcih was a 20 minute ride if that, one of the girls started barfing because she is not used to the motion of the bus. and at the park, the kids wouldnt go on rides that were similar to the pirate-ship at the PNE, or the Ferris wheel...AND these rides are MUCH MUCH smaller than those back home. the park is tiny and it really isnt very nice at all haha...pretty grungy. Their favorite thing was the bumper cars, and the younger ones liked the horse ride (that one that spins around, while the horses move up and down).
We are going to this little city called Baktapur tomorrow, which is a very old place with lots of old architecture and temples. SHould be cool. Weve been wanting to go for a while, so we are getting a ride tomorrow morning early with the woman who Bridget has been working with who runs the HIV orphanage. Her and her husband offered to drive us, and they wanted us to come and meet their family or something too en route haha. So, thats our plan tomorrow and we will probably bus home in the evening.
Anyways, going to go relax for a bit. those kids wore us out!