i just received an email from Lal, who i met in nepal.  he "taught" us nepali and showed us around the valley for the first week we were there in kathmandu.  he emailed a group of people, wishing us a happy friendship day. this is the first email/response i have received from anyone from that trip and i am totally psyched right now.  there is finally proof that it wasnt all a dream.  and its only been 13 months for some evidence to surface.  it is really frustrating to take such an amazing trip and not be able to communicate with anyone that i met over there.  i have so many questions for Lal, and now i might be able to get some of them answered.  fuck yeah!