July 24, 2009
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Nepal Project’09 – Journey’s ending
July 25, 2009
6:45AM Hong Kong timeWe arrived at HK airport about an hour ago and are now sitting at our gate, waiting for them to let us onboard. Some of the team members are currently hungry, probably a result of our heavy carb diet over the last 2-3 weeks. It’ll be interesting to readjust to eating non-starchy foods again.
Our last day in Kathmandu was relatively calm and enjoyable. We went out to the Hyatt hotel in Kathmandu to meet up with Sofia’s father’s friend’s sister who has been living and working in Nepal over the last 30 years. Her 2nd cousin joined us for breakfast and it was really cool to just eat some good food while she told us stories about her insights into Nepal, the work she’s been involved in, and overall just getting to know this lovely lady.
Later, we headed home and began the slow progress of packing and getting ready for the flight home. It was an emotional goodbye as the host family gave us a blessing and wished us a safe journey. After going through the Nepali traffic; being searched at MULTIPLE security checkpoints; witnessing security guards trying to scam some Korean tourists; it’s good to be heading home.
I know there are many questions that Sofia & I will need to chew on and think through once we get back, but it’ll be good to return to the rythmn of life back in the States.
