Christmas Eve and wow what a day! This morning the S.W.A.P. girls plus Brandon (the Canadian volunteer teacher at Scheer), woke up at a chilly 6am to get ready and catch the 7am bus to Pokhara, the ideal destination for relaxation with breath-taking views of the Himalayan mountains. The bus ride to Pokhara seemed surprisingly quick as we only stopped twice, once for 
breakfast and then for lunch. After a very near miss head-on accident with an ambulance, sore bums, and beautiful views of the mountains and rivers Nepal is notorious for, we arrived at our guest house Gauri Shanker in Pokhara at around 3pm. Ah it felt good to be in Pokhara! Stephanie and Monique were amazed at just how clean Pokhara is in comparison to Kathmandu and Banepa. The streets are well maintained, almost litter free, and for the first time in Nepal we seen litter bins in the streets! We were really amazed and happy to see that people were implementing 
litter bins in the streets and people were using them, rather than discarding their rubbish on the ground or in the drains which is the most common case. Could this be a sign of the ‘new Nepal’? This evening we had dinner and found a restaurant with a pool table, much to Monique’s delight haha. After a few games of pool we headed to our next destination, a restaurant with live music! We were all shocked to find a restaurant with a local Nepalese girl singing and playing guitar. The Nepalese acoustic was absolutely amazing! The young lady performed cover songs from various artists and the restaurant quickly filled out. So our Christmas Eve was filled with good food, good pool, good music, and last but not least, good friends.
breakfast and then for lunch. After a very near miss head-on accident with an ambulance, sore bums, and beautiful views of the mountains and rivers Nepal is notorious for, we arrived at our guest house Gauri Shanker in Pokhara at around 3pm. Ah it felt good to be in Pokhara! Stephanie and Monique were amazed at just how clean Pokhara is in comparison to Kathmandu and Banepa. The streets are well maintained, almost litter free, and for the first time in Nepal we seen litter bins in the streets! We were really amazed and happy to see that people were implementing litter bins in the streets and people were using them, rather than discarding their rubbish on the ground or in the drains which is the most common case. Could this be a sign of the ‘new Nepal’? This evening we had dinner and found a restaurant with a pool table, much to Monique’s delight haha. After a few games of pool we headed to our next destination, a restaurant with live music! We were all shocked to find a restaurant with a local Nepalese girl singing and playing guitar. The Nepalese acoustic was absolutely amazing! The young lady performed cover songs from various artists and the restaurant quickly filled out. So our Christmas Eve was filled with good food, good pool, good music, and last but not least, good friends. 
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