Staying Warm in Kathmandu!

Steve's Blog:  February 24th

Day four here in Kathmandu was another interesting day as we had an opportunity to visit a volunteer project at a school where the children we interacted with were blind. We did a arts and craft project with them that involved decorating a treasure chest with jewelery. It was fun!  I got to worked with a six year old girl who was as cute as a bug! 

Staying at a hotel this evening that has no central heat and only hot water available from 7:00 am to 9:00 am in the morning. At bedtime, my heat source arrived in the form of a hot water bottle!

Himalayan Mountains

This country is very unique, to say the least. It feels like there is so much fresh air here, as we are about 7,500 feet above sea level. The hotel I am staying in provides beautiful views of the Himalayan Mountains. It is awfully pretty here, but very rustic.  Trying to get Internet access here is nearly impossible.

We are heading to a hospital tomorrow to view their facilities.  This is the project that Robert Rose recently wrote to us about that could be a project of interest for the International Committee.  

Talk to you all soon.  Hope the planning is going well for the wine festival.

Steve Swank is member of the Rotary Club of Des Moines and is on a Rotary sponsored trip to the country of Nepal to view the projects that the club is currently supporting.