Banepa

Started in a new home, new housemates and new volunteer placement on Monday. Was a bit of a sad day because my good friend and roomie for the last 3.5 months left for home and also had to say goodbye to my host family. But the new changes have been lovely even though they're only for a short period of time. Housemates are so super warm and welcoming, the food is really good, and the rooms are really clean and big!! It's really luxury here (well, relatively).
The hospital I'm working at is the HRDC, a pediatric orthopedic hospital. The hospital is situated on a hill overlooking Banepa and is really a bustling lively place. They see so many patients here and perform a lot of surgeries. On my second day, it was surgery day, so basically I could just watch surgeries all days. Got to see an Achilles' tendon release (the sound of tendons being cut is quite distinctive!!), a part of a spinal surgery and a tib. ant. tendon transfer. If anyone is looking for a good place to do some volunteering, this is a great place because so many people are willing to teach you things if you ask.
Read an email from Cambodia office today, they're having dinner on the Mekong river tomorrow! I'm really sad to leave Nepal in 2.5 weeks but when I read things like that, I'm really excited to go to Cambodia!! So conflicted!