The internet is working again, and I've been able wrestle the computer from my teenagers...
Back to our trip up to Nangi...
Here's the view of Fishtail Mountain from our hotel in Pokhara on the morning before we left for Nangi.
We drove from Pokhara to a small town called Beni in a minivan. The drive takes about 3 hours, and the road is pretty awful. It's paved for some of the way, but there are tons of potholes, and every time a vehicle comes the other way, we have to drive off onto the shoulder so that we can both fit.
Once we get to Beni, we transfer all of our stuff to a jeep for the drive up to Nangi.
The drive up takes another 3 hours on really, really bumpy roads. I don't think that the driver gets out of second gear the whole time. I must be getting used to driving on hairy roads, though, because looking out the window at a drop-off that is hundreds of feet didn't bother me so much this time!
When we got close enough to Nangi to see it across the valley, we got out of the jeep and hiked the rest of the way. We were all so glad to be on solid ground. Here's our first glimpse of Nangi again. The village is on the ridge that runs through the middle of the picture, and it also includes the houses that are down below the ridgeline.
It has started to rain, so I don't know how much time I have until the power goes out (and the internet goes with it). I'm going to publish this, and then start working on a note about Jessica and her work with the women to make bags. She's doing a great job...
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