Coke factory: Take three

first time . . . . holiday
second time . . . . holiday
third time . . . . strike

seriously? it has become a personal mission to make it to this damn coke factory

change of plans, going to the "last resort" tomorrow for canyoning and mountain biking to Tibet boarder, staying over night

Thursday--- coke factory (we have a nepali man's number and a guarentee of a good tour) and swimming pool in the afternoon (its clean i PROMISE . . . 50 rupees to get in so thats a barrier to the majority of nepalis)

Friday - - - leave for pokhara, come back tuesday. wednesday is the last free day for only me at the orphanage, and mackenzie comes thursday

phew so much organization, too much for nepal

went on a "jog" with didi this morning to the monkey temple, which surprisingly is way closer than i thought . . . yea i bought us doughnuts on the way back, so much for excersize

the kids all put henna in their hair to dye it red???? it only really worked well with one of the girls, aakriti, who now has crimson red hair . . . good thing no school :)

we "cleaned" the entire playroom today, which entailed throwing out MASSIVE amounts of garbage that include puzzle pieces, cards, and all kinds of other crap that volunteers get for the kids and they end up ruining. We are having a massive garbage fire tonight . . . sorry environment

oh right, i wont be here for the garbage fire because i will be getting my L'Chiam on at the LARGEST PASSOVER SEDER IN THE WORLD (i think) . . . its at the raddison hotel and its 900 freaking rupees (mahango chha)

rented a bike the other day and took a GIGANTIC bike tour of the whole city, got lost several times . . . ended up in the same place SEVERAL times . . . but it was a great day, and i should havej ust invested in a bike the first day i got here . . . like all things the traffic looked really daunting when i first got here but now its really fun to ride in it . . . it looks completely deadly but in a way it's kind of comforting and safe feeling because everyone is WAY more comfortable and alert about people on bikes, since they are everywhere and are generally assholes who dont ever move out of the way. So i was NOT run over by a micro bus.

i stopped at KFC for lunch and almost died at how good fast food tasted . . . mitho chha

okay i swear this started innocently.
Dhanaraj was showing off his muscles to everyone, and i said "oh look you have a little banana in there" as i squeezed his arm
well me with my big fat mouth . . . now banana is the new word for muscle, and the kids are saying such as:

"OH MY BANANA IS SO BIG"
"OH NORA MISS TOUCH MY BANANA IT IS SO HARD"
"RAJ SAMAL (buff nepali actor) HAS SUCH A BIG BANANA"
"YOUR BANANA IS SOOOOO GOOD"

i am an aweful person, and i hope you laughed as much reading that as i did writing it

update from pokhara coming soon