You'll all be happy to know that I was able to see a Tibetan doctor before I left Nepal and he set me up with some wonderful herbal meds that fixed up my stomach in a jiffy. I have an extra supply now too!
New Year's eve was wonderful...Andy and I spent much of it around the Bodha stupa with insense and spinning prayer wheels and went to bed early (though I was up before you experienced the new year!!). I ate at my favorite breakfast nook for the last time. It's a little family 'restaurant' without a name. You point at the foods you want to eat and it's all delicious and healthy! They even made veggie soup just for me one night :).
I've officially left Nepal and I miss it already. What a wonderful country! I highly recommend a spiritual retreat or a trek or both at once!
A quick summary of how I left Nepal:
The bus was suppose to depart at 4:30pm on Jan 1st but because of the 'strike' (something to do with Maoists is all I ever got from the locals) the bus was rescheduled to 6:30. At 7 we followed the ticket lady out of the office down a series of dark streets to another dark street and waited. I think we got on a bus around 9. We then waited...waited...waited....started driving, and stopped after like 20 min. We then waited until dawn. Then we started moving. I was lucky enough to sit next to a guy who liked to use my shoulder to lean on and smelled of rotting fruit. Andy had a window that wouldn't stay shut though the bus was all around breezy anyway.
We reached the Indian border at night. The couple of foreigners were led to a tiny office without power (the whole border was very dark and very crowded with traffic) to get our passports stamped (Nepal exit) then we walked more and got them stamped again (Indian entry).
We arrived in Bodhagaya Jan3rd probably around 3pm.
This is my experience of India so far:
I've seen too many people going to the bathroom....both kinds of elimination.
If you're a white women, everyone wants to know where your boyfriend is. (Thankfully Andy is pretending for me!)
No one cares that there's a line. Pushing and shoving are a way of life.
Beggars are WAY too insistent.
Samosas are DELICIOUS.
On a higher note, I got a quick glimpse of the Dalai Lama as he drove in today! The teachings begin tomorrow. Hooray!
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I'm glad you're feeling better love! I'm jealous of all your spiritual/cultural explorations. The Dalai Lama!! I miss you and Andy, especially since everyone's gone back to school/work and I still have 5 days here. Come visit in Charlotte when you get back to the states, I've gone too long without an Ece fix. And just fyi, Courtney and Matt are getting married August 28, so don't stay away too long!
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