Kathmandu Fun Park

I was persuaded by the sad puppy dog eyes of a number of poor , dirty , deprived orphans ( how could you resist?) to take them to the  Fun Park or in other words: The fairground . The orphanage is always pleading utter poverty and most of the kids have never been more than a few streets away let alone to a fun park. So that was it . Hire a bus and take them all out for the day!
You should have seen the excitement ...the day before they were all out washing their best clothes ( they only have about three sets of clothes ...one set for one week, one set for the next whilst set one is being washed and set three for fancy occasions ...oh and they don't have undies or belts or any such excessive accessories ?) ) . The best clothes for a fair number consisted of a tracksuit which they had been donated from some sport place . They have to wash them because they are stored in a pile  ( or plastic bag if they are lucky) in a damp disgusting area off the kitchen ...not sure what else lives in there ...maybe a frog or two... Their shoes are also ill fitting ..again donations ...lucky the weather was fairly warm and we have a barbed wire fence which makes a good alternative to a clothes horse .
We piled 6 adults ( the woman that "runs" the place and her sister dolled up to the nines , the Nepali volunteer , two young guys volunteering for this one week from Germany and Holland , myself)  and 22 kids into a van or so called "micro bus" for the trip to the fun park. Binita - the "founder" managed to blag the kids in for free by doing the puppy eye , poor orphan thing ..although on this occasion I was happy with that because it meant more money towards rides .
The rides for kids were 50% hand operated ...ie a guy pushing them in circles and the adult rides looked like they hadn't been serviced in 30 years. Everything looked like it was rusting to death and needed some oil ...but the kids didn't notice a thing !
Lots of fun was had by all , we had ice cream and only two kids puked in the bus on the way home ( and we hadnt brought any plastic bags either ...well we know for next time !)