Friday, January 7, 2011

This Blog Gets The Lame Award Due To Remoteness Of Our Adventure

Thank you for any of you who are still checking in on us. We have literally lived in villages for the entire trip and are now back in the city, where I can update the blog, but we leave tomorrow. So, in a nutshell, we are safe and what an advemnture it has been. Combined, Tyler and I have taken over three thousand photos of this colorful and Nationalgeogrphicy place. I wish I could post some photos here, but I'm on a borrowed machine in our hotel. Please check out our respective Facebook sites in the coming week or so....we will both share our images when we get back.

Without delay, here are some memories from the trip. Ask us for details someday.

- Watching Kristie and Chrissy and Tyler be hygienists for many many combined hours of hard work, making bloody messes of spitting, smiling, grateful villagers.

- Not showering for days and days and days and seeing everybody still smiling every morning.

- mo mo.

- Watching Brian in his element, hanging out with and enjoying the company of kids from 4 to 19, every single day of the trip. The photos of him, surrounded by rabid village kids, in his Big American Cowboy Hat are priceless.

- Hanging out with and getting to know Zack. What a kid.

- Watching Tyler and Chrissy absurdly dance the traditional Nepali dance while the villagers egged them on in laughter and appreciation.

- Seeing Meha work hard, all day every day, going the extra mile till darkness to squeeze in every last patient.

- Watching Gabriel play Ninja with Village kids with the six foot bamboo "Sword" he found.

- Eating a traditional Dunuwar dinner, on a dirt floor by candle light, in a sort of primitive Longhouse, for the Anniversary of the death of Bishwa's mother. It was an honor to be included as family. (the slow shutter photos are amazing)

- The few days where the clouds parted and the mighty Himalaya rose above us in astonishing whiteness and magnitude.

Ok, I gotta run, we are going to see two last patients, friends of Bishwa and Ramila, in our hotel room. I've never pulled a tooth in a hotel room. Wish me luck.
See you soon. We miss you all and can't wait to share.
Over and out from Kathmandu.
Scott

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Sorry, Apparently Web Is Not So World Wide....

Its been nine days out in village mode, unplugged from the world. We just pulled into Kathmandu for the first time since our late night arrival on the 26th. I'm blogging from my phone, and its late, so this is really just an update to let yall know we are all safe. I'll update soon with photos and details. See you soon. Goodnight.