Well I have officially witnessed my first thunderstorm in Kalimpong. If I haven't already mentioned it, let me go ahead and interject here that we actually live on the mountain overlooking the city of Kalimpong. AKA, we live amidst the clouds themselves. And have you ever witnessed lightening from a Himalayan mountain? (Read: Do you know ho freakin' close the lightening feels?!) I have/I do. The first time the bolt struck, my words were, "Oh my goh! Oh my goh! Oh my goh!". What I was really thinking but not going to say in front of the family--a missionary family at that--was "HO-LY SHIT!". (Much emphasis on each syllable of that "HO-LY SHIT!") It definitely took a few minutes of loud clashes to get used to. But I did, and I am still here safe, learning to enjoy the first sights and sounds of my first storm in the Himalayas.
...Methinks I'll fall asleep to this.
Goodnight--or sut tha la, as the Nepali would say.
...Methinks I'll fall asleep to this.
Goodnight--or sut tha la, as the Nepali would say.
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