Jan and her MBE!

Wednesday 27th March 2013

Had a lovely afternoon visiting my old friend Jan whom I met almost 13 years ago. Jan has been living in Nepal for about 50 years and established the Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre (KAT) where I sponsor a kennel.  She lives in a pretty flat not far from where I stay and going for a cup of tea at her place is like visiting family, she has five dogs and a 22 year old cat (well over a hundred in cat years!). Over a cuppa I had the pleasure of learning that Jan has been awarded an MBE from non other than Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and is therefore planning a trip back to the UK to claim the honours.

Time to clean up!

 The evening was also great as I was reunited with the fabulous Dutch girls Amalie and Marie who were back from their tour of Chitwan and Pokhara. We met with about ten more friends including Stu and Jaco for a meal at Or2K then headed to the Reggae Bar to watch a concert by popular local band Cobweb who played a range of cover songs and had us all dancing at our table. After a game of pool and a boogie at the Fire Club to complete the evening it was time to head home.

With friends at the Reggae Bar... 

...it was a big group :-)