And then the sun came out :)

Once more the tongue of fortune licks my sack of life: No Rain! It was an actual amazing sight that greeted me this morning when i levied my rested head off my yak wool pillow, the rain had gone, well at least there was no sound of it, but yet it still looked miserable outside. I felt cold and all I could see out the window was grey... wait, all I could see was grey - I couldn't even make out the walls of the front porch - there was no rain because the clouds had come down to apologize for the previous 3 day discrepancies in loveliness. I know to most the idea of 'fog' isn't exactly exciting, but I can assure you - this was fog like none other, you could barely make out your hand in front of your face, needless to say I thought it would be fun to slowly drive my moped around the country roads for a bit, it was very fun :)The clouds of course brought down frightful cold - beri jaroo as they say here and the kids were dressed accordingly. I swear there is something endearingly comical about little children dressed for the cold, almost as wide as they are tall, still no sense of design so scarfs shoved right down their jumpers and of course, the inability to balance due to their new-found weight! I got in early today, so we went to school early and they showed me around the place - I will never get tired of their friend's inquisitive expressions yet with the utmost politeness, its has aways been amusing to me to turn around and fix my gaze in another direction to which anyone in that line of view also changes the gaze, subtle - yes for one alone, but for 200 kids? No! I dropped off the children and walked back over to pick up my bike and head home for some needed Dal Baat. By this time the cloud had ascended (by the look of it to tarnish the smoggy city south, not that it needs any less visibility!) and the sun, my old friend, smiled down on the valley... I believe that one truly forgets the feel of the UV rays on the back of the neck given 2 days of heavy rain, at least i do, and it was a welcoming remembrance!
So the day has been lazy, with no Thamel meetings or motorbikings, but these days are always the finest. I am planning, once finished blabbering, to visit my neighbourhood temples on the hills. There is the famous 'lying Vishnu' temple very near here, and after that its a short hope to visit the local Buddhist Monestry which is a beautiful sight on the hill side horizon and I am glad I am finally going!
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank those reading - i didn't think i would receive this many views and it is a pleasure to talk to all of you :)