Nepal has Come and Gone

Well our placement is over. There were four boys out of the 25 people in the three families, and they were the only ones not crying. So I think that is a good indicator that the placement was a success and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. We will miss the families and students so much! It was also a very satisfying day for Megan, Kiri and I having finished the library! Just in the nick of time, only thing is we were sad because we can't use it! Oh well, a very very good feeling seeing our paint job and excellent floor laying skills (:/) finished.
Dashain was a fun festival! Not to mention extra good food. Yes the goat sacrifice, the vegetarians amongst us went for a nice walk, and the remaining meat eaters turned vego after witnessing the beheading and everything that followed. We all had a go on the 'ping' (giant bamboo swing). Some of us more competent than others. We watched all the Nepalese going to gravity defying heights, quite scary and all of us thinking this would never happen in a playground in Australia. The tika ceremony was quite fun. We received tika after tika!
Yes a number of brave girls took the jump of a 160m bridge. That was too much for me and was quite happy sticking to the rafting, also so much fun!! The videos are all very funny of their jumps.
Nicole's dad is absolutely lovely. I'm not just saying that because he brought us all some vegemite and timtams. The suitcases he brought over were incredible. A most welcome donation, especially for our school.

We are all in disbelief that our time is over. It started off hard (as you predicted) and now all of a sudden we are all getting ready for what is next.

Hope you are well,
Jane