Pre Conclusion Ranting

To begin to wrap things up I'll start by saying my last day in Nepal was a good one. (Day 15) It started with another yummy Nepali breakfast of paratha (fry bread) and chole (chickpea curry). Have I mentioned how spoiled we are with the amazing food that we get each day? After breakfast while most of the group went to yoga Jill, Shobha, and I walked to Ama Ghar to say goodbye which was nice. Plus on the way back I got to hold the cutest baby goat ever so no complaints there. Lunch was another delicious Nepali meal before some city exploring. Then we had a fancy dinner (I like to tell people it was just for me as a goodbye) before heading back to the farm house to pack. While the day was great it was bittersweet as I began to get excited to go home and sad to leave Nepal.

Day 16-17: I flew home. It sucked and I smell pretty bad....but I made it safely and I still have ankles so I guess that's what's important ;)

Random side note: There's really no way for me to work this in but it's something I've been thinking about a lot during my time in Nepal and that is, family. Nepal is definitely a collectivistic culture in comparison to our American individualistic culture. While individualism is what I'm used to, spending time in Nepal has definitely been a nice change of pace. Here everyone cares for everyone and as such everyone is family. When Shobha would go visit a relative we would never know if they were blood related or family that she had adopted as her own but in Nepal it doesn't matter, family is family. I like that idea. I guess in that way it was fitting that everyone on our study abroad adopted each other as family. Jill was the big sister, Drew was the middle chid forced to act out, and of course I was the baby. :) I'm all about my family, real and adopted, and it was nice to be in a culture that has similar ideals.

 I also like how out of respect everyone, even people you don't know, are addressed as older brother, younger brother, older sister or younger sister. I think this creates an awesome sense of unity among the people of Nepal that I'm pretty envious of. I wonder what people back home would do if I started calling them all sister or brother. :) 

PS this post and the next were typed on my iPad and I'm too lazy to transfer it over to my laptop before bed so sorry about the funky text.