Homeward Bound

I'm at the Kathmandu airport now and way able to gain access to the executive lounge here - it is head and shoulders nicer than any place I have been in the past weeks, hah.

Its a four hour flight to Guangzhou with a two hour layover to clear customs. Then a flight to Beijing with a 5 hour layover, then an 11 hour flight  to Seattle, a 4 hour layover there then a quick jump to Wenatchee.  Very excited to be heading home.

Chitwan National Park

Thade pati

The trek is going well. Today we reached the apex of our trip. I hiked back a bit to a spot I noticed had signal to check my messages. After lunch we are going to try a day hike to see if we can reach the summit here. Its a bit chilly up here (~3,600 meters) but my gear is keeping me plenty warm. I can't get a picture online now, but I've been getting some good ones.

Trek

We finished our first day of trekking and are in Chisipani now, tomorrow is supposed to have even more altitude change.

Nepal Update

Hello everyone, things are going well here. We have been in Dhulikhel visiting the health sciences school and hospital here, which is an extension of Kathmandu University. There have been some fairly interesting interactions, including PBL with the residents here, going on rounds in the hospital, and having some lectures on tropical medicine. Tomorrow we are travelling by Jeep to one of their outreach clinics. Monday we will head back to Kathmandu, and we leave for our trek in Helendu I believe on Wednesday.

I had some computer problems, after some of the group had problems with a virus I decided to run a thorough scan and followed the recommendations for what to remove, but then my computer wouldnt start anymore. Luckily I was able to get it reset and back up and running without any real problems. Also, I was finally able to unlock my phone and get a sim card from one of the local networks into it, so now hopefully I will be able to get online and possibly skype more reliably.

Nepal Pictures

Here are some pictures I have taken from around Kathmandu