Day ONE

Flight was good, overnight from London to Delhi then onto Kathmandu.  I feel I'm part of something now, I'm glad to be travelling, all my worries are gone.  Its exciting to be here.
I met with Judy at the airport, I recognised her from the photo sent by VSN of the group.  We shared a taxi from the airport to our hotel in Thamil, a district of Kathmandu.  We talked about how and why we volunteered. She is a nurse from Albuquerque New Mexico in the states.
There wasn't much traffic, not really what I expected but then there is a fuel shortage in the country! Its warm too, about 26/28C roughly.

                                            A view of Kathmandu on approach to landing.

                                          The Mighty Himalaya! So close yet so far.............

Close to the Himalayas, would the next time I visit be the time I get to climb one of these beautiful mountains?

At the hotel I also met Manoj, another of the volunteers, after a quick introduction we decided to have dinner together.  It was great talking with these inspiring people, we all got along straight away with stories of our reasons to volunteer and the excitement we shared.  We retired early, ready for our first day of volunteering.