Friday, March 2, 2012

Wen. the 15th of Feb.

Due to our morning of, we all decided to explore a Buddhistic temple, called "Monkey temple." When arriving a little barefooted boy cough my attention "365 stairs, you need a guide?" he kept asking. I always feel so akward in these situations, I want to help, but at the same time, we cant.

When seeing the temple rising above me a feeling of calm and a sense of divine hit me. The main temple was astonishing with its traditionally clean white lines and Buddha sitting metastatic looking down at one. Surrounding the temple was a lot of stands uniting the Buddhist and Hindu. The beautiful nature and all the different people, smells and sounds left me with a desire to explore more.

After lunch and some shopping in Thamel, we met up with Ginita, who toke us to visit a music project. Here we met Titi, a very inspiring women, who had started the project a few years ago. She already had more than 100 children, who in their past had experienced some traumatizing things. She gives them the opportunity to hell and build them selves true music. We each had time to talk individually with the children and afterwords they played for us. This was a really fantastic and overwhelming experience. especially because it is not something every tourist can experience. It reminded us whey we are volunteers and left us with a great desire to go out to our placements.

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