One of the final Dashain activities was a day out to Balaju Park. One of the volunteers brought his ropes and harnesses and hooked up a line up a tree for the kids. They had a great time competing to see who could scale the tree the fastest. The best time was 11 secs. :)
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| And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo. Everyday you see quite a few. |
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| It took team effort to get Raju up. He loved every minute of it! |
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| Volunteers, hard at work :) |
Even in Nepal, we celebrated Halloween!
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| I made a butterfly costume out of my sari :) |
Us volunteers took a few days off to visit a village up in the Langtang area of Nepal where a few of Umbrella's kids have been re-integrated. It was an amazing trip!
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| Women carry these HUGE bundles of greenery. We'd see them walking on the side of the road, apparently in the middle of nowhere. From behind they look like big green blobs with legs. ;) |
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| Small villages built on the hillside |
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| Riding the bus, Nepali style! |
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| Drying corn |
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| We visited the house of a previous Umbrella child who has since been re-integrated with their family. This is the view from their doorstep |
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| I always read this as 'toilet' :P |
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| Such amazing views! |
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| I'm not entirely sure what these are. They covered the base of the stupa in the above photo |
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| The inside of our homestay. This room served as kitchen/living room and dining area |
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| The school yard |
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| The local school |
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| We hiked up to a small pond/marsh area that is the site of a monastery. More amazing views :) |
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| A yak cheese 'factory' at 2,700m. We tried some, it was delicious! |
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| I'm not sure what this sign means.... |
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| That's the road we travelled, it was as bad as it looks. There were many 'oh shit we're gonna die' moments. We survived :) |
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| Looking over the edge of the bus, and straight down. There was no edge of the road, only down |
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| Picture Postcard Perfect! |
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