Finally Arrived in Nepal!

So we finally arrived in Kathmandu. Lets just say dirty, craziest traffic I have ever seen, small airport, and very easy customs! I can’t believe we did not lose anyone’s baggage the entire way! We are at a training site until Friday learning basic safety and expectations/rules and then we head off to meet our first host families and are divided up into our clusters of 3-4 volunteers for the next 11 weeks then we get our 2-year site. For the 11 weeks we get intense language courses and technical skill. The staff is all super helpful and friendly, I feel they will make this transition as smooth as it possibly could be.

Arriving at the training site we received a warm welcome and received tika. The red rice on our foreheads which all slid off within minutes. We had a long day of ceremony and meeting people and what do except over the next couple days/years. The next day we got our first round of vaccinations. Thankfully I'm well vaccinated already from my home doctor knowing I travel frequently so I just had to get Japanese Eucalypsasaeithoeiw some spelling like that haha. Others had to have 2 others as well. Haha love seeing the fear people have of needles. Made me think of my sister Nikki :)

So we have learned to eat with our right hand! No utensils. Basically all our manors are out the window from here haha. Its good to lick your fingers, sit on the floor, no shoes, and seldom use your napkin.

We are also currently learning to use the left hand, no toilet paper, washing with a bucket and water technique for going to the bathroom.  Some people are struggling to squat over the hole as well, thankfully growing up in ND I am very accustomed to squatting and peeing. Lets just say I haven’t talked about pooping this much in my entire life (and if you know me I talk about pooping often so this is extreme haha).