Certainly ready for a day off. Hard physical work so far plus keeping the kids focused certainly makes for a good challenge.
Helen and I planned a day Trek and had it signed off by Raleigh, they need to approve any 'Out of the village' trips.
The weather has been getting colder (at night) and less clear for the last week or so. The morning was very misty, very little visibility and quite cool.
Started the day with a Happy Birthday for Maartje, one of the Dutch girls in the group. She got to wear the pink pointy hat for the day, credit to her wearing it for most of the trek!
Great to get out of the village, even though the weather wasn't that good. It did clear up a little and quickly got hot again. A good 2 hour walk down one side of the valley and up the otherside. When we got to the other village the plan was to order MoMos then head up the Mountain for another 30 mins to a viewing platform. The mist was still below us so little point in traveling any further as there was no view to speak of!
Back in Pathiswara we took a detour to the Blacksmiths to pick up our little scythes. They are the real deal and very sharp, one of the Volunteers managing to cut their finger within a few minutes!
Group cooking in the eveing, lots of excitement as we'd bought 2 chickens to cook. First job was to catch them and kill them. A few of the boys volunteered to dispatch them, a little clumsey at first so hopefully the birds didn't suffer too much. Also had fresh Roti, Rice (obvs), Sag and a Bean curry.
One of the other VMs from another village was treated to Goat. He thoughtfully sent me a video of the slaughter, I'm glad I figured out what it was from the still and didn't press play.
Helen and I planned a day Trek and had it signed off by Raleigh, they need to approve any 'Out of the village' trips.
The weather has been getting colder (at night) and less clear for the last week or so. The morning was very misty, very little visibility and quite cool.
Started the day with a Happy Birthday for Maartje, one of the Dutch girls in the group. She got to wear the pink pointy hat for the day, credit to her wearing it for most of the trek!
Great to get out of the village, even though the weather wasn't that good. It did clear up a little and quickly got hot again. A good 2 hour walk down one side of the valley and up the otherside. When we got to the other village the plan was to order MoMos then head up the Mountain for another 30 mins to a viewing platform. The mist was still below us so little point in traveling any further as there was no view to speak of!
Back in Pathiswara we took a detour to the Blacksmiths to pick up our little scythes. They are the real deal and very sharp, one of the Volunteers managing to cut their finger within a few minutes!
Group cooking in the eveing, lots of excitement as we'd bought 2 chickens to cook. First job was to catch them and kill them. A few of the boys volunteered to dispatch them, a little clumsey at first so hopefully the birds didn't suffer too much. Also had fresh Roti, Rice (obvs), Sag and a Bean curry.
One of the other VMs from another village was treated to Goat. He thoughtfully sent me a video of the slaughter, I'm glad I figured out what it was from the still and didn't press play.
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