Final Flurry!

The last 10 days flew by!
Friday 1/6 we left Damauli to meet the group in Pokhara for some sightseeing. Gelu told us about the day we had ahead of us
-Sunrise at Sarangkot
- Boating on the lake
- Visiting a cave
- Seeing waterfalls
Bonus: Why not work in paragliding????

Action shot: Duck duck goose got serious

Welcome to Damauli!

As a I was sitting outside the barber shop, these ladies arrived to deliver fresh filleted fish to one of the barbers. They took the still squirming fish out from a basket and filetted it on a tarp on the street. Talk about service!

These guys were cutting some sort of stone just down from where the ladies filleted the fish. Busy Saturday afternoon!

Local fish from the lake prepared in the traditional Nepali way!

Devi's Falls

Stairway down into the cave

Devi's falls from inside the cave!

That was pretty much the speed set for all our final week in Nepal

Work Hard
In our final week in the hospital, there were more requests, repairs and ECG questions which some friends sent help so I could answer. Damauli hospital is part of a nurse training program. So the answers I was providing were the initial on the job training many of the ER nurses were getting in ECG!

In all we returned 8 machines to service, evaluated another 6 (requesting the necessary parts for some) and made some safety improvements!

Playtime!
There was a 10 day festival going on in the grounds near the hospital during our 2 weeks in Damauli. Including the New Year's festival the day we arrived, there was a party somewhere all but 3 days in Damauli. Our house mate and ER nurse in training, Sarah, took us to the festival!

Final Good Byes

Sadly, we had to say good bye to the kids we got used to playing with in our neighborhood as well as the nurses we lived and worked with.

Good Night and Good Bye Damauli!

Last Stop!

Back in Kathmandu, we prepared our final presentations for the conference. After an awesome morning of sharing experiences, suggestions and brainstorming awesomeness, we're all in the process of working out ideas to bring drone drug delivery to Nepal! And then of course, we celebrated.

While UnderArmour isn't part of the traditional dress, I was determined to give my presentation in a sari- even though it was only 48 deg!

Some of the smartest, most driven, creative people I've met

And they all will submit to some peer pressure and get up and dance!

Sizzling Brownie was a great choice with our red wine!

Sam and I at the gate at the airport!