Making Momos and a reunion!

Hi everybody, just a quick post for you this weekend. 

Week three has flown by and me and Rebecca have been very busy. Tuesday was yet another school holiday so we got some washing done and also got the chance to make Nepal's unofficial national dish, Momos! These simple and delicious steamed dumplings are to die for, especially when you get the chance to make them yourself. We spent the afternoon cutting up the vegetables before stuffing and folding the mix into homemade pastry parcels (this is a skill let me tell you!). After that they were steamed for between 5-10 minutes and eaten straight from the pan with a tomato curry sauce. We ate a lot of Momos that afternoon! 

Rebecca and Madhav making Momos :) Rebecca is rolling the dough whilst Madhav fills and constructs the Momos. I was helping Rebecca. 

Enjoying the results, yum! :) 

This week also presented our first chance to visit Basuki school, the government school where we will now be visiting on Wednesdays. The hour and a half walk up the pine covered path to the school was a challenge, especially in a shirt and tie in the mid-morning sun! Rajan is the headmaster here and the school itself is far more basic than Singerey, along with the student's levels of English. We spent the day observing a few classes and putting together a few lesson ideas. We also met another British volunteer (from a separate organisation), Lizzie, who will be at Basuki for a month. Sadly on the way down I was hit with stomach cramps which meant I missed out on the chance to go to a birthday party with Rajan, Susma and Rebecca. From the stories I heard the next day, it was a great party! 

Yesterday we caused a little bit of madness at Singerey when our outside game of charades with Class 4 led to all of the surrounding classes joining in from their classrooms! The kids are enjoying our classes and next week Rebecca and I hope to begin teaching on our own. We're both looking forward to the challenge. 

Class 4 during the charades game :) 

That evening Rebecca and I headed back to Kathmandu to meet up with Sophie and Laura, our fellow Oyster volunteers who arrived on Wednesday. We had dinner at the Utse and caught up along with answering any questions they had. They left for their village this morning and we'll see them in 2 weeks time after they've settled in. 

So next week represents a significant milestone, next Saturday I'll have been in Nepal for a month! Time has passed really quickly and it's only another month until our action packed March adventure (more on that nearer the time)! I'm loving my time here and can't wait to see what the future holds :). 

Thanks everybody, see you next time!