Back in Nepal!

Hello again from Nepal!  I’m here again with a NepalAbility team to do more training in the hospitals here.  I arrived yesterday and stayed a night at the lovely Courtyard Hotel, and met the rest of the team there.  Being back in Nepal is always so exciting – the sights, sounds, smells and tastes are so evocative. It was also great to meet with Sonika, one of the peer counsellors from the Spinal Injury Rehab Centre outside of Kathmandu. 

NepalAbility Team 15 - Mary, Lorna,
Edith, Shaun and I

Meeting Sonika

Today we came up to Tansen Hospital – a short flight, with a glimpse of the Himalayas.  Followed by a drive through the busy border towns with India and then up the steep and winding mountain roads to Tansen.  It is always an exciting drive.  It’s great to be here after several days of travel, and now we can settle in and get organized for 1 week of rehabilitation nursing training starting on Wed.  Here are a few more pictures of our trip so far.

Glimpse of the Himalayas from the plane

Sacred bull in the traffic triangle

Valley view on the drive up

View over the top of the hospital to the valley beyond

If you want more info on what our plans are for this trip, here is the newsletter I sent in Jan. I hope to keep the blog updated as we go, but we’ll see how busy things are.  I’ll definitely post pictures and a report about this trip once I’m back home, if not before.