A Ceremony that will stay with me for ever

The children came running to greet us on our last morning

Some still wearing their binoculars from yesterday...

 

The staff room table was covered in flowers when we arrived at theschool. Anil, who in the picture below,  was very naughty and always in trouble when I first arrived.   Recently he has been working hard and trying to please.   I hope to be able to keep in touch with his progress in the future

Saradha and Evelyn joined me on the step and we were showered with even more flowers....

and then the Ceremony started.    

Besh Rash Bahadur , the Year 4 teacher, formally  invited the Headmaster to take 'to the stage' to speak.    Lots more speeches followed and eventually the volunteers were presented with a trophy and framed certificate, written beautifully in Nepalese English.   All the children lined up to present us with yet more flowers, and then they were lined up again to say 'Namaste'

and shake our hands.  

It was a very special moment...

Even Boss got in on the act (on my left in the picture.) He barked for about 10 minutes of the speeches and kept us all on our toes.

Tomorrow it will hit home that I may not see those wonderful, innocent, happy faces again..

The sun is shining down in these photographs and midday is warm.  It gets very cold as soon as the sun goes down at about 3.45pm and warm clothes  are essential at night.

Now I must start packing and on Sunday I take a Yeti Airline flight from Pokhara to Kathmandhu.   On Monday it is the start of the long journey home.