Holi

Hey all!!!! I am back from my trek and survived an incredible week in the Himalayan Mountains, so many things to tell,  I will start with the only bad thing, it was way too short I wanted to stay another week or more, since I was just getting accustomed  to it all and could enjoy everything to the fullest. It was so spectacular and interesting, that I could go through pages writing about it, so I will spare you for now and go back to my second day here in Kathmandu, Feb.28th. I got up and got dressed warm since it was chilly in the morning, went out on a terrace opposite my room, barely made it there to look out and was hit by a water bag... alas, soaked already, back to change. Went downstairs where everything was totally crazy by now, everybody who walked the streets were totally covered in dye powder smeared in their faces and water hurled at them from all directions, it was just too nuts to go outside so we went on top of the building to see things from there, where people were pouring water down on the street by the bucket fulls, we then got into a water fight with the neighboring people, so wet again. In the afternoon when things quieted down a bit we risked venturing out but of course didn't get spared, by the time we got back to the hotel I was soaked and red. Walking the streets of  Kathmandu makes me wonder how I am going handle this City for 2 months, the streets are so tiny, dirty, polluted and full of crazy traffic and I will be right smack in the middle of that every day. I am with Christina she is now volunteering at the Orphanage but leaving there in five days, so just enough time to fill me in on everything which is a huge help for me, she is a young girl from Denmark and really sweet. Everybody at the Hotel is super friendly and helpful, but I will be leaving there today. I will bore you with detail of  my trek later when I have more time
Namaste, Inger