Friday and saturday were days of orientation. I woke up on friday morning feeling heaps better than I had on thursday night. I had gotten pretty delerious in the heat of the bus ride and I can remember convincing myself at some point on the ride over that I had somehow acquired meningitis. It really makes me laugh now i think about it!! I was in a steel cage of emotion with no way out. But now I am free! and what a place to be free. So I got up to meet my superv...

First things first, I'm in Tansen safe and sound. It was a 6am start getting the Buck (bus/truck) from patan and beginning the gruelling journey through the himalayan wilderness in temperatures in excess of 40 degrees celsius. Never have I peed so little in a 10 hour period! I must have lost my body weight in sweat! The only journey in my life that matches it is travelling on a 12 hour day train from budapest to sarajevo with madz and mike (on that particular occ...

Got up at 11:30, man I was tired. Heard the great news that in the late hours of last night the bund was cancelled. i am travelling to Tansen on thursday after all. I get the bus from the main street in Patan at 6:00 am. 10 hours through the himalayas. Should be awesome! Today I biked to a town in the Kathmandu valley called Bhaktapur. It involved negotiating some major roads and crazy traffic but I made it there and back safely in a half day. I missed putting s...

Patience is a virtue I am still yet to learn. I have a feeling that I am going to learn it fast here in Nepal. I woke up at 9, and having heard constantly for the past few days of the eminent threat of japanese encephalitis and it's vociferous spread through kathmandu, After a rushed prayer time I ran down to local Paten hospital and pleaded for them to give me a vaccine. 30 minutes later I was recieving a comprehensive medical examination from a senior doctor. ...

A great sunday in the Capital. I got up to go down to Kathmandu international church with Anne and Alan Penn. It was a great environement to meet people doing similar things and with a real heart for mission in a country with such need. It really revved me up for my trip. When i was asked to introduce myself on the microphone and said I was from newcastle I got some serious whoops! The geordies are everywhere and we chatted happily afterwards about the mighty ...