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Well today was very chilly, we just stayed at Tulsi's house. We were planning on going on a tour but there was a protest and some government issues, so schools were closed and a lot of people just stayed in. ( Nothing dangerous.)
We are starting to feel more at home here, it doesn't seem as strange, and we are fitting in more.
The cow is sacred here so no one eats beef, and they can wander where they like, if one is in the middle of the street people can not move it. ( I just thought I'd add.)
Tomorrow we head to Pokhara for a couple days, sight seeing. After that we head on our Trek, then the safari. Then it's back to the school that we had the fund raiser for. Thanks again to all the people who donated or bought tickets!! We raised a lot of money and everyone here is so excited. They were in big need of supplies.
It may be a couple weeks before we can post again.
Talk to u then, we are thinking about you all :)

We are here!

We arrived in Kathmandu last night. The plane ride was very long, but it wasn't as scary as we thought it would be. When we exited the Kathmandu airport we were greeted by an amazing family and brought to their home. The most scary thing was the driving. The roads are so different than ours. They are small and probably shouldn't even be called roads. They are more like little paths, with no signs or any form of organization. It is sooo beautiful, so different from the U.S. There are tons of dogs on the streets, also a lot of cows wandering around everywhere. Most people speak English but not the strongest because Nepali is their first language. I have a couple funny stories to share about us misunderstanding them when we get back. We do love it here! It is so different, but the people are very nice. We visited a school today, we were each in a different classroom and helped teach the children. They were so sweet and eager to learn. (Kayli) I am called Barbie by a lot of the children because they have not seen blond hair, It's cute. When we get our meals we don't really know how to eat them or what they are but I think we are kind of catching on. I would tell you what the meals are like but it is like nothing we have. It is a rice base though. The view is amazing from everywhere, you can see the mountains and hills in the distance, and most of the houses have a walk on roof or terrace so you can really appreciate it. It is very sad seeing the children on the streets, or homeless people digging through garbage, it breaks our heart. We have never had to see that before. But for the most part everyone is very happy here and loves their country. It may be 10:30 in the morning there, but it is 10:30 at night here, so we are off to bed and will blog again as soon as possible.

Getting Ready

Today we are finishing up our last minute things, we leave tomorrow morning. Our flight plan is Mpls. to Chicago, Chicago to Hong Kong, then Hong Kong to Kathmandu, Nepal. We are extremely excited!
We will try to post as often as we can, we won't always have access to the internet though.