Preparation Day #3 and #4

Today is Wednesday October 12th and I am 1.5 days away from beginning the Big Trip. Much of Monday night had me at Target gathering items and supplies I will be taking with me to Nepal. Cliff bars, long underwear, batteries for headlamp and for maglite.......etc. I was also dealing with getting the car ready for the winter, replaced the wiper blades, had the brake fluid flushed, and the tires aligned, from there Janelle and I will wait to have the oil changed when I return in December.  Yesterday I was organizing with my lists and making sure all of my paperwork was in one place. This morning I will travel back down to the International Currency exchange for the Nepal rupees they had to order for me. I will be taking $100 worth to start, which should last me a siginficant amount of time. The exchange rate as of this morning (October 13th) is $1.00=77Nepal Rupees.  The family I will be staying with is a couple with their three children and I think the father's mother lives with them as well. He is a teacher too and it sounds as if I will be assisting him in some capacity and in others teaching on my own. The name of this father: Megh Bahadur Dahal and he and his family live 10 KM (6.2 miles) outside of Katmandhu in the town of Jitpur Phedi population of 4000.  Here is a link showing where the town sits:  Google Maps showing the Location of JitpurPhede, Nepal   Today I must also forge ahead with sorting and packing and making decisions on what is necessary and what can be bought once I land. 5:00 flight tomorrow, taking me to London, which then takes me to Bahrain which is in the Persian Gulf right beside Quatar and, the larger country of Saudi Arabia: Wikipedia Article on Bahrain  From there I will have a third flight to Kathmandu. I must register with the US Government today.