School being done, Caitlin and I headed out for a week of travelling with Julia, Hari, Magnus and Ed. Leaving from Gorkha early Saturday morning, we headed for Lumbini, a town near the Indian border, famous as the birthplace of Buddha.
One LONG bus ride later - 9 hours in progressively hotter weather and crowded buses - we got there. Lumbini is located in the Terai, the plains region of Nepal. It is completely flat, and very hot, temperatures much more akin to India.
3 nights and 2 days later, we set off for Bandipur, a Newari town located up in the mountains, about 40km from Gorkha. Another 2 nights and 2 days, we set off again, this time for Besisahar, to visit another house of volunteers. A night there, and we headed home to Laxmi, having been gone a week.
Having a week of travel was a wonderful way to break the two parts of the trip. We've been teaching, and are now moving on to trekking, then travelling. This week was a start of the next period, but with the benefit of coming home, to have a last few days in our Nepali home lives, and say goodbye to everyday life here.
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