One afternoon some of the volunteers and I thought it would be fun to rent a giant paddle boat. It was a blast but hard work as well. Ivan, Claudia, Shanee, Daniel, albane, mim and I went out on Phewa lake. Ivan and I took a shot at paddling first. It was surprisingly hard but I guess I didn't realize how big of a boat it was. Ivan just made fun of me the entire way.
When we got towards the middle we relaxed for a little before jumping in. Daniel, Shanee, Mim, and I all took the leap of faith. We were a little nervous of what could be swimming below. Fortunately we were all safe and enjoyed it a lot.
It is amazing how much fun a group of people can ave who have recently met. I believe it is because we all have similar spirits. We all have drastically different personalities but we all have something in us that drove us to do a crazy trip like this. I think that is why we all get along so much.
Wen we got back, Aatma met me on the motor bike to go and buy some paint. We drove out of Lakeside and into the residential part. Oh crap, I forgot what some of these people lived like. The crazy buzzing of people in the streets is enough to make your head swarm with crazy thoughts. It's a constant motion of motor bikes, trucks, people walking, construction, rocks being jack hammered apart, tires burning in the evening, and just a whole lot of mess. It is the hardest thing for me to describe. Even being here for awhile my senses are overwhelmed every time I experience the city life outside of tourist areas or ,y small village.
We got homemade momos (chicken stuffed dumplings that are delicious) next to the paint shops. After we snacked we went into the paint shop to get colors. Aatma did all of the talking. One hour later we had 70 dollars worth of paint that would be enough to cover about 2-3 rooms. I picked a very bright green that really stood out.
Aatma dropped me back off with my friends. In the evening we attended a family reunion of one of the hope and home coordinators. I had gotten a traditional Sari to wear. It turns out that we were late and had missed a lot of the people. For the reunion they sacrificed a goat. What?!?! Yes they sacrificed a goat and cooked it up for dinner.
One of the girls put on music later in the night and since I was in traditional clothing she wanted ,e to dance. Hahaha what an experience. I truly feel like I'm getting such an authentic experience versus the touring I usually get. The girl was very talented and moved her arms beautifully while moving in fast circles. I tried very hard to duplicate her moves, although they all complimented me in how well I did, I think they were just being nice and I felt very silly. However I loved the experience. We even forced Daniel and Ivan to give it a go!
That evening we had the single weirdest and bizarre experience of the trip. We were looking for a place to relax and get food and went into what looked like a nice place. It showed pretty girls dressed up in traditional outfits on a board outside and we old hear music p,suing inside. When we got in we were shocked beyond belief.
The place was a dump. Once walking up the stairs we were greeted by a small room with a stage. There were a few couches with small tables. We felt bad turning around since there were only one other group of patrons there. All 7 us took the front to couches and started to talk and laugh. The waitress came and brought us coca colas and then the strange things started. First, the pop just plain creeped me out. We nervously looked at each other asking if we really should trust to drink this stuff.
Let me try to describe this place. Picture that terribly shot movie that took place in a Dingy back room where the wrong people wonder in and get killed or possibly receive some infection or disease. Or may e it was the documentary I once saw about people getting drugged then wake up in an alley without a kidney. Now that you have a better picture let me continue:
We watched Mim drink her coca cola and decided it was safe to continue, at least that was Ivan's thoughts. I was a bit more leery of the drink. Then the real fun began, dance music started playing and a girl steps out on stage. Oh boy, what did we really get ourselves into? Luckily it was no some in appropriate show but really just fully clothes girls putting on a very bad,y rehearsed dance show. The second girl tripped while coming onto the stage. The while setting was just sketchy. We decided to pay and bolt as soon as possible! I didn't really feel in danger since we were a group and had guys with us, but it was just creepy and uncomfortable.
Just as we paid four guys took the stage and performed the most ridiculous b boy dance performance. They clearly did not know what they were doing but tried so hard. One guy kept trying to flip up from his back, while another guy continued to try to slide on his head and fail. We cheered them on.
As we took our leave two strange things happened. They guys left as well which gave us the impression that they brought them in just for us. Next, a small, sloppy, hand written sign read "you should check your belonging." What?!?! So glad to leave there.
We found a clean nice place to hang out and could not stop laughing at our experience. We decided it was one of those moments that you remember every time you look back at your travels. The night continued with us staying at Busy Bee cafe and eating the thinnest pizza alive. It was good but not like home. Across the place our friend started talking to these two boys from England, Ronan and JC. JC had these little side curls that were hysterical and my friend had the nerve to walk up and ask if I could cut them up. He just laughed.
After there we went to one of Mim's friends restaurant to celebrate his birthday. It was a great time. The place was shut down and just for friends so it was a group of half locals and half volunteers. We danced and sang and finally cut of JCs hair! What a relief.
The next day was spent waiting and waiting and waiting some more for Emily to have her baby. So exciting. When he finally came I'm pretty sure I showed every single person find. Nepali people are amazed at white babies!!! Haha while I was waiting we went to eat at the Beach Club. I will hopefully be able to write an entire post about that place. Tomorrow morning I was to head back up to my village :)
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