And then there were 15............. Every morning as I'm walking to the orphanage I always wonder what could possibly happened in the short space of time between me leaving at night and me arriving the next morning. Will dal bhat uncle have finally flipped? Will I be needing to make a trip to the hospital? Well, sunday morning brought with it a new child. Thats right we now have 15 children. He had turned up the night before in the middle of the rain b...

Namaste! Well, where do I start with the latest entry....? Things at the orphanage are alright, the boys health is pretty good, Joe and I have been checking their health everyday and doing regular combing trying to keep lice to a minimum. We are having a few problems with the dal bhat Uncle ( as ever), basically the kids get 2 pieces of fruit a day from a donor, however this is delivered to the shop near the orphanage and not the house itself, cue Dal ...

Namaste from Nepal! Well I've mainly been out in the village working so haven't really had a chance to get into Thamel to interent as the boys have also been on holiday and driving Joe and I insane at times, like when they diasappear without telling us where they have gone! So exams start for the boys today and for the next week and a half-2weeks. Yesterday we took them to Balaju park, (even though some of them most definately didn't deserve to go as a ...

Well last night was the volunteer party and the chance to unwind after a few stressful days at the orphanage and a chance for the new volunteers to relax after training and before they start their placement..... we all needed it! The past few days have been a little testing, I know what Nepal can be like but sometimes it is draining and can make you scream, but other times Nepal is an amazing country and I love it here, especially working with the kids....swings ...

Ahhh.... orphanage life! Well as you can see form the latest batch of photos my little guys have been keeping me amused.... this is Raj being a rabbit! The past few days however has seen the confessions of girlfriends! My boys aren't little boys anymore but aspiring young Romeos!! Some of them deny having girlfriends but then they are grassed up by the others who can provide names, looks and tell me of the love letters they write each other! Mingmar (11)has...