Just a quick one, leave for orphanage tomorrow, went round today to scrub the volunteer room, a.k.a my bedroom ( The boys photo was taken in there) and the charpi (toilet) which I have left out of the photo album because you, like I did today, would baulk if you saw what I was knee deep in!!!! (Those trousers WILL be burned) Boys are as beautiful but as malnourished as ever, especially Taj whose legs have virtually no muscle and is skinnier than his younger br...

Just a short one today, everyone else is in training so I have a free day. Kamaal is off to buy me some cleaning supplies to take with me tomorrow when I head out to the orphanage so might as well have an easy day off. Looking forward to getting out of the centre, thamel is good for a break from daily orphanage life but its really polluted. All the volunteers managed dinner last night! But we had to contend with the storm, the rain was bouncing down and it ...

Namaste! I have no proper photos to stick up on this entry as I forgot my connection lead for my camera to pc. Well I have had time to chew things over and over my intial shock of GPPM house and decided I'd see how things went. I just have safety and size issues but I will assess them again when I move in. Last night all the volunteers for August arrived so we went out for dinner, I wasn't expecting to go all the way to Nepal to get the best pizza I've ...

Don't believe the hype. Today has been kinda busy and unusual, Joseph and I went to GPPM,a fairly long walk, (for old school volunteers its about 10 minutes from charity nepal) and in the baking sun, we looked like we'd just stepped out the shower by the time we negotiated all the hills and arrived, least it hadn't been raining so no mud slides to contend with. Joseph has been with the boys for a while now, he's a nice guy from New Zealand and spent some tim...

And so it begins.............................................................. Well it seems like only a few hours ago I was leaving home and yet 27hours non-stop travelling here I am!!!!! Nepal, well not alot changes.... the smells definately dont change but more about that later!! The flights well, interesting as usual, the worst thing about travelling yourself is that there is no-one to distract you to keep you from thinking about home and wh...