Hadn't even thought about my birthday and certainly hadn't told anyone in the village as I didn't want any fuss. We were at school again by 7am and got the children drawing fruit to make a fruit basket for the wall of the library. the time with them just flew.
back to the house for breakfast - usual daal/baht and then off to the spring to wash our clothes as i'm in desperate need of clean knickers. The spring/shower is in the nicest spot that I've washed my clothes - the water flows out of a pipe in the side of the mountain which overlooks the valley below.
When we got back home - I was sat on my 'veranda' when Niamh and Marianna came along singing 'Happy birthday'. They brought chocolate cookies, crisps and sweets and gave me a birthday card which they made and then we played cards and drank coke - it really was a nice surprise. By the way - thanks so much for all your birthday wishes too.
Laxman's wife - Sita came back from the fields carrying masses of corn leaves for the buffalo - t's staggering what the women of Nepal can carry and I wish I'd had my camera handy - they certainly work harder than the men. As soon as she arrived home, she started cooking lunch whch was a real treat - it was fried eggs (straight from the chickens) plus milk tea (milk from the buffalo) so it was my birthday all over again.
I helped Sita in the kitchen a little and she calls me 'Sati' which means 'friend'. Laxman calls me his sister and says I'm now part of his family so I call him 'Didiby' which means - younger brother. In the evening Keso, one of the neighbours, and Laxman brought out some Rakshi (Mongoian brewed fire water)for us to drink. We sang Beatles and Mariah Carey songs and laughed - there was a power cut so we did all this by lantern and torch light. the torch Damian gave me has certainly been used in every country I've been to so far.
We had chicken, rice and daal for tea and then the rains came in buckets so off to bed. It certainly was a lovely way to spend my birthday and one I'll remember for a long time
xx
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Your last threee blogs are simply amazing...what pictures you are painting!
love you and more later xx Karen
They get better and better! I will miss this when you get back!! xxxxxxx
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