The last stop of our week away was in Besi Sahar, to visit another group of volunteers. We arrived in the late afternoon, and went down to the river for a while. Bupu, Will and Pippa's school, was on the way, so we stopped to visit.
It's a private school, and by far the nicest of all the AV schools I've visited. It's English medium, and huge. A large hostel, several staff rooms, and even a garden. The garden had rope fences around it though, I guess the kids would pull it apart otherwise!
We spent about an hour down on the rocks next to the Marsangi River, clambering around and skipping stones. Well, not me, I've never been able to skip a stone no matter how much I try. There was even sand amongst some of the rocks, which felt lovely on my feet.
There was a significant storm that night, complete with lots of loud thunder, bright forked lightening and rain. The Besi house has a patio (up on their floor, the second) covered by a pavilion. We sat underneath it to watch the storm, and what a storm it was. At one point a lightening strike hit the top of the ridge just above Besi, complete with sparks and everything. Amazing.
The power was on and off, much more off than on, all evening due to the storm. It was like being back on the roof at home (Laxmi), but with the added bonus of the storm.
Besi is a more prosperous town that Gorkha, probably because it's the start of a trek. It feels cleaner, because the gutters were covered over so you can't see the garbage. It's flat too, instead of always going up on downhill.
We left Besi in the early afternoon of Saturday, after a nice leisurely morning. Got home to Laxmi to get ready to move out.
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