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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Nepal Part Two

Hi guys! Hamid that was a lovely and sentimental poem, though not written entirely by urself it was still highly touching. One mth has been passing by faster than lightning, and now its alr our last wk in Nepal. So much has happened, made so many new frens, and its really sad to leave. Anyway, I’ve got a few more photos to share of my time in this fantastic country, and hope u guys enjoy!

Here are some photos of me and Eleanor in minor ot (we were in the same GS team, w a really suave consultant who El nicknamed Bollywood, heehee harti if ur interested I haf a photo with him!).

Here I am in my tailor made scrubs (yes, we had to tailor our own personalized scrubs, or OT dress as they call it).



As u can see, the minor ot is really MINOR. Unlike our sterile until can eat off the floor OT, theirs has the open breeze wafting in thru mosquito netted windows, the fan merrily swiveling away, and Hindi music blaring from a radio while the surgeons sing along.

Here is El, with the OT sister (they call them Didi here!) in the backgrnd.
As anesthesia is really expensive, things like hernia ops are done under LA, w the pt’s eyes just covered by a filmy piece of gauze. We have to literally hold pts down during such ops as they’ll thrash arnd in pain! Here I’m helping out in excision of lipoma.


Suturing the wound!


me and my team intern, Narendra.
Last weekend, the 3 girls went on a short 2 day trek with a bunch of fellow 4th yr med students who invited us along. So we did get to experience a teeny bit of Nepal trekking, up to an elevation of abt 3000m. btw in case ur wondering why ernest dint come along, the brave soul surprised the hell out of everyone and decided to go bungee jumping alone! Highest jump in Asia and New Zealand even, at 160m! Couldn’t go to watch him as was too expensive, but he has a fantastic video that I’ve told him to upload on youtube! It is beyond words!
Some photos from our trek.
passed many animals and villages along the way.

Taking a break en route to savour the scenery.


A grp photo once we reached our destination, Chisapani. Spent the night in a teahouse there. Was freezing! (Chisapani literally means cold water)


plucking this delicious fruit pronounced Onshelu, that tasted like strawberries but more citrusy and sweeter! Cant get in shops!


A sunburnt me saying bye for now, cant wait to see u guys in India this sun! and siti shoe, see u in 1.5 mths time! Keep the everest dream burning (and pray they have cable cars to bring u up there one day!).



well, thats all for nepal! hope u enjoyed!
love, adila












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