A Busy Time of Year

The past few weeks have been so busy here in Charikot!

JIRI
My trip to Jiri was amazing. To give you an idea of the geography, Jiri is a popular town to trek out of if you are heading to the Everest region. It is beautiful and as any Nepali local will proudly tell you, it is called "the Switzerland of Nepal." We rode over 3 hours on the top of the bus, singing with the Nepali locals the whole way there. In Jiri we explored the town, watched a football match, drank a lot of tea, and relaxed. When Sam dropped her camera into a river we were crossing, more than a dozen Nepali boys stripped down into their undies and splashed around in the freezing mountain water to help look for it!

HALLOWEEN
I thought I might miss out on Halloween this year, which made me a little sad. As it turns out, this was the BEST Halloween I have EVER had! We had so much fun with the boys: we made masks, bobbed for apples, played 'pin the nose on the witch', and did face painting while we watched Halloween II on the English channel after dinner. After the boys went to sleep, the other volunteers and I had our own Halloween fun.

TAMAKOSHE, Part II
We returned to the river again last week, this time with a dozen of the oldest boys in tow. We had fun all day, and we missed all the buses back to Charikot except for the night bus, so we were quite late returning. The boys all said it was one of the funnest days of their lives, and I absolutely believe it.