MY REASON FOR THE TRIP

I have been thinking of something good to do for people in need, for somebody who is less fortunate than us Western creatures who live in total luxury. After reading an article about The Highlander Orphanage in Kathmandu, I picked that to be my project. I am going to raise money for the kids in an orphanage in Nepal. Now the challenge comes. HOW? ? First I am going to give them some of my time. I have decided to volunteer at the orphanage for 2 months to make it more real for me, to go out of my own comfort zone to see what life is really like there and not as a tourist. By doing that I hope others will contribute in different ways. My goal is to raise as much as possible to make a better life for kids who would live in total poverty if not for the help from others.


Sunday, March 28, 2010

All is so surprisingly normal here now!!


Just a little more news from the land far away. It is amazing how normal everything has become, after first arriving here and my first encounters were pretty much all dismay, disgust and surprise over how bad everything looked and smelled, now a walk down the street into the city centre is “just another day in paradise” :-) for me, the garbage laden streets, dust, smiley and or dirty kids, motorbikes with 2 or 3 kids in front or behind the driver with no helmets, chickens, cows, a constant asking of shop owners and street sellers for me to look at their merchants, beggars, sleeping dogs anywhere they can find a comfortable place to rest for the still constant nightly barking, by the sounds of it, all of them at once, butcher shops with fly covered meat, by the way yesterday I shot a hilarious picture of that, wish you could see it, I had a good laugh!!!, and as you all know the best medicine, which I for sure could use out here to boost my immune system from all the seemingly unhealthy flying objects that I am sure carries a million germs that I with big concern have to breathe in every day, goats tied to street poles, where there one day are four and the next day only 3, a man walking down the street trying to sell me one of his goats for 15000 RP, that he is walking with, regular people asking me for money along the way, since where I live there are no tourists so I suppose I stick out in the crowd, it is me and the locals, all that is just a way of living here and I am just one of them now, most I don't even think anything of and if I do it is with a chuckle, if anything I now find it most fascinating to watch and live it all and do enjoy it all to the fullest. Everybody is very friendly, everywhere I go, but I have come to the conclusion the reason that I have already been invited to numerous houses by waiters, shopkeepers ++ is probably because they for some strange reason might think I have money to give them, who knows maybe they are just super friendly and want me to come for dinner. Friday I went to register at the Danish Embassy, just in case one day the earthquake treat should materialize , so they know where I am, I am sure that will make a different when I am under 5 feet of rubble ha ha..I then talked to one of the Danish Ministers working there who gave me some helpful information on more places for me to see, and people to meet. Arjun one of the guys from the hotel took me there on his motorcycle, I can't believe I am doing this, especially because of the helmet law and the crazy traffic, but rest assure I am only doing it because the speed is not that great with all the traffic. I am really enjoying my stay here and the days and nights seems to disappear with lightning speed, I have now been here one month.. I miss the mountains here, the calm and the clean air up there. I am now sitting in my Dream Garden and just had a big BBQ buffet where I ate like a pig, very gracefully though, first time in a long time I have ventured to eat meat, you would know why if you had seen a butcher shop here as well, so my diet pretty much consists of rice, lentils, potatoes, cauliflower, cabbage, beans, and peas which I have for breakfast and dinner and still use a spoon to eat, where all the rest in the house eat everything with their fingers, quite interesting to observe them eat and with such speed that you would think they were worried they wouldn't get more if they slowed down, then I eat lots of fruit, yogurt and eggs for lunch or in between, and not to worry I get plenty of food, there are a ton of nice restaurants and cafe's that I can eat lunch at. I have found them all I think:-) I even found some great dark chocolate to feed the chocoholic beast in me:-)   enough for now, have fun...... Namaste Inger.
PS. Sorry for any mistakes I will excuse it on being in a hurry when I write

4 comments:

  1. Inger, based on those wonderful stories of your adventures and meals, I would not be too surprised if when you come home, you want to remain in the comforts of your home and become a vegetarian.(smile)... I'm thinking about you... Enjoy your climb. Stay safe!
    Liz R.

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  2. Hej Inger, vi læser dine beretninger med stor interesse, det er utroligt hvad du oplever, og så fremmedartet. Jeg har talt med LEGO Charity, ang. donation af LEGO klodser til børnehjemmet, og de kigger på sagen.
    Håber det er OK med dig.
    Vi ønsker dig en god påske, men det er måske ikke noget der bliver fejret i Nepal.
    Ser frem til din næste beretning.
    Mange knus fra Pa og Jytte

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  3. Hej Inger - God (bag)Paaske til dig, hvis du overhovedet har taenkt over at det er nu...Vi har savnet dig endnu mere her i weekenden, paaske uden tante Inger er altsaa ikke helt det samme :-) Saa dine drenge med super sode girlfriends - og det var dejligt at se dem og snakke med dem igen! De er saa stolte af deres mor! Vi skal have dig og dem over til BBQ saa snart du er tilbage! Dennis glaeder sig vildt til at rejse ud til dig! Vi glaeder os over at du har det saa godt og nyder at laese om dine mange oplevelser, men mest glaeder vi os til at du kommer hjem igen saa du kan faa et stort knus - specielt fra Thomas!! Kaerlig hilsen H

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  4. What a difference you are making in this broken world, Inger. Who knows what will grow from the seeds you plant (not just with the children - but the rest of us).

    Take care and be You!


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