Wonderful Gorkha

No idea how I could ever doubt coming back to Langdi. When I go outside after 12 hours of sleep, I am frozen - from this beautiful place. I could spend weeks here and would always be fascinated. The time here is too short anyway. To do and see everything, I would need at least (!!!) two weeks instead of two days. No help, I have to come back.

So actually I thought I could walk all four places I've been to in one day. Weeell. First I have to eat Dhalbhat before I briefly look at the new school in Langdi and make my way to Jaubari on foot. And after 1.5 hours downhill to the river and uphill again I arrive. It's a little funny to walk through the village. Everyone is obviously surprised where I suddenly come from and I have to answer a few questions. Where from?!? From Langdi

Where are you staying? - Kanche Didi - Aaaah

And from which country? - Germany

You speak Nepali?! - A little - oh, very good!

How many people are here? - Just me... - Whaaat? Alone?!

And where are you going now? - To Mira Didi's and Sam Sir's house.

I used to live there for a few weeks too. Mira Didi is also amazed. But it's so nice to meet all these people again! By now I am also impressed with my Nepali knowledge. We have a really good conversation. And yes, I can eat rice with vegetables and eggs again. And drink hot milk. So delicious. After that I will look at the school. It has changed a lot in the last three years. Currently 400 students are being taught, up to grade 12. In the coming years, the entire teaching will also be switched to English. So from KG onwards, English will be the main language of instruction. Grade 5 students were the first and they are really good. I spend two hours with the class. First in the Nepali class, though. Everyone has to sing a poem first and then practice writing beautifully in the Nepalese script. I join in too. And I get a 'very good' from the teacher for it. After that, it's math, which I would have been interested in, but the girls next to and behind me keep asking me questions and testing their really good English skills. I feel a little sorry for the teacher because no one is interested in math right now.

Before I walk back to Langdi in the late afternoon, I buy sugar and oil for Kanche Didi and have one last tea with Mira Didi.

On the way back, two boys accompany me, who come from the school and walk the same route. If I had accepted all the invitations in Jaubari and on the way, I would still be on the road. I had really forgotten how exhausting this path can be and I arrive exhausted. How to make Nepalis happy? Answer the question of whether you want to eat with 'Yes, I'm really hungry'... As a thank you, I get a plate with as much rice as you would cook for four people in DE. And as a topping: Dhal, potato-cauliflower vegetables and pickled cabbage. I'm really hungry too and it's soooo good. No idea when my body switched to Nepali eating habits and can handle so much rice in one day.

Silence finally sets in slowly after sunset. It's pitch dark and wonderfully quiet.

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