The internet sucks, so excuse the lack of posts. There’s a wireless network that appears sometimes, so I usually try to wait to go online until it appears, but it appears pretty infrequently and it’s not a very strong signal, so occasionally I give in and pay to use the internet downstairs. I’ve been in Kathmandu for about a week and a half so far. I’ve mostly just been hanging out or going in to Thamel, the touristy part of the city. Diana left the day before yesterday, but before she left, we went river rafting, which was really fun. We went for two days on a river called Bhoti Kossi, or something like that. The second day was supposed to be like class four or five rapids. I don’t know what that means, because I’ve only been river rafting like once before, but I think it may have meant that I shouldn’t have done it, because I’ve only been river rafting like once before. Anyway it was really fun. A little scary and quite exciting when our raft flipped. It sucked though, because our guide hurt his arm. Also, I almost lost my shoes, but fortunately they both floated past me in the water. I really would not have enjoyed walking through Kathmandu barefoot. All the people we met were really cool too, as were the guides.
The day before yesterday, we went to Pharping, which is outside the city. There’s a monastery there and a Padmasambhava cave. We had a picnic on a beautiful hill that was covered with prayer flags, and we hung some prayer flags, or actually everyone else hung prayer flags and I took pictures. Yesterday there was an all day Chod ceremony. I went with Marissa to the beginning, but I left early at one of the breaks, because I just haven’t got the ability to sit still for anything for that long. Also, I spent far too much time this afternoon, sitting here making a mental list of foods I want to eat and restaurants I want to go to when I get home. What I wouldn’t do for a smoothie right now…