Another day full adventure.To find out everything you will need to continue following our blog! Today we enjoyed picking up Hans from the airport. We where realy happy to see him. And we where very happy that Ilion travel Halle payed for his new ticket. We are so thankfull for this very good service!When we picked up Hans he brought us some new surprise but more about that later on this week. Nobody should worry Hans is in very good health and full of courage (and fatigue, at the moment he is sleeping as a rose, I am happy he does not snore).After picking up Hans we ate a delicious meal and pulled towards Thamel with the whole group. In Thamel we went looking for sports pants and shoes because after a year the little monks sit through all of their shoes.We also have visited just about every trekking shop in Thamel (or so it seemed). And we are very pleased that we took walkie talkies with us to keep in touch of who is winning when our taxis race to our destination. It is also very happy when we lost each other. We are extremely well taken care off by our hosts. There is a new young monk who will gradually take over the leadership of the monastery. His name is Tinlee he is 27 and after 11 years studying he has his master degree in Buddhism. He is very intelligent and has established that the children now get eggs with their breakfast and eat more fruit and get a more balanced menu during the week. The monks were very happy with the first aid material we gave them thanks to local pharmacies of Halle and Pepingen and to Hansaplast it self!Tinlee is also very enthusiastic about our sports program.
The monks have just finished seven days of exams: Englisch, Tibentan handwriting, drawing, memorizing and philosophical debate. Now they get one week vacation this ensures that we get carte blanche for our lessons. SUPER!
We will perfor 4 times 45 minutes of sportsessions with always a 15 minutes break between. All monks will be divided into 4 groups after each session and will then pass on, after wards they get a theoretical session on first aid, sanitation, recycling and English. Tomorrow we will join the monks after our lesson in the local swimming pool. Unbelievable, to my great surprise, our female companions brought their bikinis. Fortunately we will be able to help our self with sport shorts, we did not expect to swim in Nepal.Now it is time to sleep
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