Learning to let go of the ego: 06/01/2007

I can't believe that I am on You Tube. A video on our trekking trip created by Dennis. THanks, Dennis...
here is the link www.cybernaute.blogspot.com

MTH campus...

We were quite impressed by the departments OF MTH. MTH even has a psychiatric department!

Went rafting on our first weekend. Met this Brazilian guy who happened to be a doctor too! Rafting was disappointing- the water was brown, the weather extremely hot and the waves weak. I got myself soaked in muddy water- and have to condemn my t-shirt...

The children by the river . We gave them our food and they were very happy... Guess we are really fortunate to be born in Singapore

Alv with his lifejacket on.

Gy, a student at MTH who studied in Singapore b4.

On our way to Pokhara, we met this friendly Israeli lady and had lunch with her. Discussed with her about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. First-hand account of the situation there =)

Noble Inn- the place we stayed for one night... Paid 400 rupees for one night which was considered very ex. The story goes like this: When we arrived at Pokhara, we were surrounded by taxi drivers who offered to drive us to some hotel. Fresh from the airport experience, we knew that we shouldn jump into any of the taxis haphazardly as we will end up paying exorbitant prices. We walked to the nearby Tourism office to escape from these ppl. Got a map from the office. Met this guy who seemed to be super friendly... Offered to drive us to his hotel for free just to look-see look-see. He seemed quite sincere and I agreed, much to the chagrain of Al. I simply had no energy left and just wanted to settle down ASAP. And to walk with our backpacks for long distances in search of a hotel- no thanks. haha, of course the end result is that we paid much more in return. And Al felt that i was putting both of us at risk by accepting a stranger's ride- who knows where he will drive us to? Haha till now, I got teased by Al about this incident and this sentence that the owner said to me, " U trust me, ok... " Come to think of it, I am indeed too trusting. Of course, we left Noble Inn on the second day after finding better hotel deals.

The teaching hospital that we were attached to. Isn it grand? It's the most impressive building at Pokhara

Outpatient clinic at Manipal Teaching Hospital

We visited Land for the Homeless- the place where JP has been working for the past 4 weeks. Felt sad at the plight of these children...

Houses still in construction

The Clinic . We saw a Down syndome kid with hookworm infestation.

We took a 7 hour bus ride from Kathmandu to Pokhara - where our hospital is.

I'm finally back in Singapore. It has been a fruitful and enjoyable 6 weeks at Nepal. Lots of memorable events and experiences. Pls enjoy my photos.

It was a coincidence that we met C, L , J and A at Changi Airport. We were on the same

scheduled flight to Kathmandu!

Arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport. The airport was chaotic... I almost couldn find my backpack as my backpack was dumped at a corner of the airport. OUtside the airport was even worse, with so many ppl crowding round us offering to carry our bags and driving us to some hotels. Al has to give USD 5 bucks just to get rid of these ppl... Of course, I was very annoyed with the hotel ppl who agreed to fetch us to the hotel but did not stop those ppl from harrassing us. The driver probably got some commission.