Impressions are contrasting shades of colours, not unlike the Habitat Build volunteer t-shirts - hues of pink, orange, green and blue. We began our Everest Build day in Pokhara with the usual first day hiccups when trying to move 400+ international (8 countries represented) volunteers -- buses ran late or failed to show -- some buses could not travel down the mountain highway because bigger buses were coming up the road; our lunches mysteriously went AWOL but we did not go hungry -- the officials soon make sure we had some food.
The hike at our Begnas Lake Resort up 276+ steps to our bus began our week's physical conditioning -- if we could survive the daily climb then we could tough out the rest.
At 4:30pm after a long day of cutting and weaving bamboo walls, and being very hot and sticky (or is that stinky?), we had to wait in the heat once again for our bus. It eventually came and took us back to a well-earned swim at our resort.
After a shower (warm water from 5-7pm) and a delicious Western buffet dinner, most of us were in bed by 9pm (hard to believe). We're up at 6am and the combined heat and physical demands dictated an early bedtime, no matter your age.
Our first day rendered us tired but content with the foundations established for an amazing week ahead!
- Annie S.
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