Pokhara - Sarangkot

We have arrived at our honestly after a very long 8 hour bus ride, to be met by our taxi to our homestay in Sarangkot. Our home stay family is very welcoming and attentive. The children have quite good English and we have had the youngest, 5 year old Aakash take us to the shop to get water. On the way we went by the road, but on the way back we followed along a track and through the neighbours property, so at this rate will will meet the whole village in no time at all. We are very, very rural and away from other volunteers so this is another experience again. The views are stunning as we are almost at the highest point in the area and look down to Phewa Lake and the city of Pokhara. 

The family has a modest home and you walk past the water buffalo and a calf tethered next to the house. It has terraced fields where they grow veges and quite a lot of corn.  Dishes are washed under a tap outside and Meena has already enlisted me to help out with the family washing of clothes, that will be hand washing as I have already established there is no washing machine of any description. The home stay parents both work as teachers at the local school and Aatma is the principal of the school and his wife Meena teaches the youngest class.

Jim is getting up early to go for a walk up to the top of the hill with Aatma's brother tomorrow at 5am. I'm having a sleep in, we have had a big week with very early starts. 

Wifi is really problematic, so may only get a brief update and probably no photos for a while. We are safe and sound.