Yesterday was a full on day. It included a visit to my Doctor for my what I thought, was the annual medical check up...hmmm it was 3 years since my last visit to the Drs. All OK to go. Then it was off to the Travel Medical Centre for all of my innoculations. (One sore arm and a cost of $550). I am hoping the health fund will contribute to some of that cost. It is far better to be safe than sorry.
I was on SKYPE speaking to my dear Nepali friend to get the run down of the weather, food, power outages, clothing to bring over, do's and don'ts and anything else I could think of to ask. The message I got was to travel light because most of the things you can purchase in Nepal relatively cheap. We are talking winter time where the tempurature does not get below 0 in the Kathmandu Regions. It is the windchill factor and humidity that will make it very cold in the evenings and early hours of the morning. During the day it is usually a pleasant 20 degrees. In NZ we call it T-Shirt weather. In Canberra we would still be wearing a light jersey or cardigan. In Nepal it is thermals under ones clothes.
I also learnt that it does not snow in Kathmandu even though the Himmalayas Mountain range is close by. It must have something to do with Kathmandu being in a valley.
My Nepali is progessing ever so slowly and it good feeling that I have learnt a few more words than just Hello and Thank you. The aim is to do an hour of intensive language training before I leave. There are some good Youtube lessons that have been helpful with the pronunciation. I am hoping for some intensive training when I arrive in Nepal. I will also have my Lonely Planet Nepali Phrasebook to assist me.
Oh my goodness where has the day gone. I had better away and get some other work done before the day ends. Talk to you all again soon.
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