June 6 Day 111
We got up and had until noon to check out and so sorted Meg's banking problems over breakfast and took our time until noon. We putzed around and got a few minor chores done before having a big, late lunch in preparation for our overnight bus.
We did one final visit to LHA to say goodbye and then went to Ahimsa house to collect our stored bags and charge our devices. Meg had a good talk with Tsewang's daughters and showed them some pictures she took with him in Toronto. The girls and their mom are waiting to join him but timelines are uncertain. Our friend Roshni also came down and we got her contact info, Meg gave her some books for the kids she works with and said goodbye. Most of the LHA staff was pitching in making dinner for a group of visiting Japanese people and so we said lots more goodbyes before getting into our cab.
The trip down was congested but Jackie taxi got us there on time. This bus was newer and cleaner than the last one we took but also full. We left a little late, maybe waiting for late people or hoping the rain would pass, which it pretty much did. We made many short stops along the way to pick up scattered people and take on or drop off parcels.
The driver wasn't as reckless as some others but he drove very quickly over a curvy road and two passengers were audibly sick for what seemed an impossibly long time. Whenever they seemed to be finished and we went around some tight, fast curves they started up again. Thanks goodness for earbuds as I missed most of it.
The chairs reclined quite a bit and we got a better sleep than one would expect from a bus. We stopped for dinner at a place by the side of the road that had overpriced thali, which we shared, and more mosquitoes than we had seen elsewhere. Amazingly, one of my students, Tenzin, was there on break from another bus. He was heading to Nepal for a wedding and had another two days of bus rides to look forward to. We had a nice chat and finished up our food, hoping it wouldn't hurt us later on.
We got up and had until noon to check out and so sorted Meg's banking problems over breakfast and took our time until noon. We putzed around and got a few minor chores done before having a big, late lunch in preparation for our overnight bus.
We did one final visit to LHA to say goodbye and then went to Ahimsa house to collect our stored bags and charge our devices. Meg had a good talk with Tsewang's daughters and showed them some pictures she took with him in Toronto. The girls and their mom are waiting to join him but timelines are uncertain. Our friend Roshni also came down and we got her contact info, Meg gave her some books for the kids she works with and said goodbye. Most of the LHA staff was pitching in making dinner for a group of visiting Japanese people and so we said lots more goodbyes before getting into our cab.
The trip down was congested but Jackie taxi got us there on time. This bus was newer and cleaner than the last one we took but also full. We left a little late, maybe waiting for late people or hoping the rain would pass, which it pretty much did. We made many short stops along the way to pick up scattered people and take on or drop off parcels.
The driver wasn't as reckless as some others but he drove very quickly over a curvy road and two passengers were audibly sick for what seemed an impossibly long time. Whenever they seemed to be finished and we went around some tight, fast curves they started up again. Thanks goodness for earbuds as I missed most of it.
The chairs reclined quite a bit and we got a better sleep than one would expect from a bus. We stopped for dinner at a place by the side of the road that had overpriced thali, which we shared, and more mosquitoes than we had seen elsewhere. Amazingly, one of my students, Tenzin, was there on break from another bus. He was heading to Nepal for a wedding and had another two days of bus rides to look forward to. We had a nice chat and finished up our food, hoping it wouldn't hurt us later on.
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