Friday 02/01/2009

Today we all woke up with a tinge of sadness in the air, it’s Stephanie and Monique’s last day in Banepa as we’re staying in Kathmandu the night in order to not have to rush to get to the airport tomorrow. After packing their last bits of luggage, and me pleading with them to stay till February with me, we wandered up to the canteen for breakfast and for the girls to say their last goodbyes to our friends in Banepa. Steph and I started crying at breakfast, she didn’t want to leave as much as I didn’t want them to leave! The girls had formed many great friendships here in Nepal, not only with the Nepali people but so too within our group. We three girls came to grow and share such amazing and strong friendships with each other, and it was so hard to think that it would be at least a month before we came together again to share more good times. We decided to go to dinner at Or2K in Thamel then head out after for one last game of pool. We retired to bed pretty early so we wouldn’t have to struggle to get up in the morning.