After arriving safely in Nepal I have been settling in. It really does take some time to get unpacked, grocery shop, find SIM cards, and exchange funds all while seriously jet lagged. The airport baggage claim was it’s usual crazy, chaotic welcome to Nepal with people basically crawling over and running carts into you to get their luggage. Grocery shopping is like a surprise game because I shop as if I’m illiterate, which I am in Nepali, so I look at photos and hope for the best! I also pick up so many items and put them back realizing I have no way to prepare them. Getting a SIM card is like an act of congress involving security and lots of forms and visa info. The bank was the highlight! I thought it would be more efficient, an hour later , not so much. I had to literally document the numbers off of each bill it was exchanging. They still use carbon paper and hard copy documentation, see photo of bank records, who knew? Obviously not me. I got back to my apartment and spent the rest of the day working on team preparation with Babita. Not a bad start at all!