Chaos, cornflakes and cows..

After 15 hours in the air and in airports we finally arrived to Kathmandu. It was a chaotic Kathmandu we met in the airport. While the others were waiting for Tine and Caecilie to get their visa, the four of us went out to find the bus driver. It was a totally chaos when we came outside. A lot of men were standing with a sign, taxi drivers were pooling in our clothes and the securities blew in their whistles. Finally we saw a man with “ActionAid” written on a sign. He followed us to the bus and we got in – a bit skeptical. Was it the right bus? Was the bus driver going to kidnap us? It turned out that we should not worry. Nepalese people are really nice people who want to help you. As nice the Nepalese people are as crazy is the traffic in Nepal. The traffic in Nepal is not at all like the traffic in Denmark. They honk all the time. Cars, people, dogs and cows are mixed in the street, and everybody just has to take care of themselves. We arrived to the global platform in Kathmandu, and were all happy to be alive.
Wednesday started out with breakfast. Everybody was happy and surprised to see that you could get oatmeal, cornflakes and milk. But… the milk was hot. After breakfast we played a namegame where we had to say our name and then an adjective. When it was Leas turn she said “Lea playful”. Kristoffer was looking a bit confused, and the different accents in the Danish language showed up. Kristoffer did not hear that lea said playful, so he thought she had said some kind of new word that the people over there (jydere) use.
Later on we had to walk around in Kathmandu to see some different places. When we saw there was a fitness center in Kathmandu we got surprised – but not as surprised as when we saw the fitness center. Outside it looked more like a pub than a fitness center.
Altogether it was a great day with lots of new impressions and a day filled with laughs. We have already found the father of the group, who is Christine. She tells the bad dad-jokes. I can feel that it is going to be an interesting and fun time here in the smiling Kathmandu.

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