The rest of the trip was an adventure, at times pleasant, at times painful. At all times we were growing our appreciation for the things we take for granted in the U.S., namely roads, cars, and readily-available headache medicine. Our last day, in Kathmandu, was touristy and gratifying; the level of bustling civilization seemed luxurious. I'm skipping many lovely details here. The city was so very different from the country, and I had little doubt that given a choice I would probably choose to be a city girl in a country like this. It isn't easy, however—to make it against the throngs of the capital, one must hustle, hustle, hustle. It was, though, the perfect end to our trip. We got to be normal tourists for a day or two and enjoyed that a-plenty. Special thanks to the Lucky Star Hotel, the Fhat Khat Bar, the Thangha shops whose names I forget because their cards are who-knows-where by now. Special thanks to all of the INCREDIBLE, hard-working people I traveled with, who did much, much more work than myself. Thanks to Subarna for being our compass and the others who helped—especially that lad with the square hat that seemed to shadow us everywhere, who the boys loved despite his cigarette smoking habit. Thanks to the forces of ancient nature that brought us the Himalayas. Thanks to all of you for taking our times of discomfort with grace and/or humor to keep us laughing and loving through (most) of the trip. Thanks to the World Outreach Foundation for making it happen and to Henna & Steve Fuller for convincing them to let me come. Thanks to the people of Nepal, who were beautiful. There is so much more to say, but it will have to wait...
There are a few quotes I am meant to include here. I can't remember them all. A few:
“Once you resign yourself to the fact that you are camping, it's not that bad.” -Steve?
“I gave up on personal hygiene three days ago.” - Bridget
“Look...it's American toilet paper!” - context and speaker into the ether
"Cipro up!!!" - rally cry of the whole team (Cipro is a strong antibiotic that most of the Mustang team ended up taking to end or stave off illness)
♥ Dhanybhad ♥
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