Only one more week of volunteering left!
Anna and I went canyoning yesterday - 5 hours of absailing down pretty powerful waterfalls in the nepalese jungle with guys who make their living leading montain climbing in the everest region. Times like that when you think "crap - nobody else in the whole world knows where i am right now". We brought along two other European volunteers along - one for his aryian-like looks for protection, and one for the comedy factor (balance worse than Jamie Wilson and pathologically afraid of leeches).
The Volunteering is going really well, we'r getting regular customers at the health clinic for wounds needing to be cleaned out. The other day we went to a special needs school ran by a guy from northern ireland that Anna's mum (vagualy) knows. It was a fantastic place, and when we got there, a team from Belfast were there. The Northern Irish banter was immediate and a nice wee break for us. It turned out that i had travelled with one of them before on a youth peace conferance to Wales as well - you can't escape your past at all - even in nepal.
I'v visited two hospitals in the past week, its been really interesting, and the maternity ward of one stole my heart immediatly. I saw 2 hour old babies the size of your hand. i dont know why im in med school, i definitly want to be a midwife instead.
Last weekend i got a bit sick, and the lay health beliefs of my host mum were pretty annoying ("no cold water, cover your head while you sleep, its all because i walk too far"!). I tried to placate her but i way prefere abiding by my own lay health beliefs instead.
Im spending as much time as i can at the orphange - the kids are really good fun and love the one-on-one attention. Also, the dedication of individual volunteers here is so inspiring. Take care in whatever your doing, and lets hope the transport strikes end here pretty soon. xx
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