Himalaya Mountains

Well... Let's just start by saying that the Himalya mountain range is so beautiful, that we can't find the words to describe it. In the last blog, we made a mistake when we wrote that we were going to see Everest from Pokhara, if we would have looked on a map, we would have seen that Everest is in the other mountain range. In pokhara, we saw the Annapurna mountain range. Anyway, we are sitting in the Kathmandu airport waiting to get on the plane to fly over both mountain ranges. So yes, we will see everest today! We are SOOO excited! It's hard to imagine that we get to take in such amazing sites! We are flying on Air Buddah flight 203. It should be quite amazing.

When we fly back from the mountain flight, Jesse will go with the group of pulse researchers to see some more fields and to see the NARC (Nepal Agricultural Research Council) office, and I get to go with one of the ladies from here to shop a bit and to get a massage! I told my students that I would be getting a massage over here, so I am pretty excited! There are lots of things to buy over here, and Jesse is going to be getting a North Face winter jacket, as good quality clothing is really inexpensive over here. We were actually able to find a North Face authentic dealer, so we are excited about that. There are many things to buy, now we have to decide what we can fit in our suitcases, and how much a new bag will cost :) The Nepalese Rupees is 67 - $1 US dollar, so it's pretty inexpensive here. We heard that it was expensive to stay in Pokahra, but it only cost us 600 Rupee's for the night (around $10. There is a lot of cloth that is hand woven over here.

Anyway, my time is running out here on the computer, so I will sign off for now. Love to all and trust me, there are TONS of pictures, I just haven't been able to get them on here!