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      "body": "![14122017-THX_3680.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPcDJWZEtiSJ37ismCsB1Zw5jcBwWHtUgUvoiHzJWRpXX/14122017-THX_3680.jpg)\n\nAll of this nonsense started on a terrace in Patan on a fresh November evening. I was drinking with two young men. One was the owner of a concrete shop. The other just came back from studying in the USA. « America’s boring man » Both of them were Nepalese. At some point, one of them sayed: « You should go to Rara Lake » So I did.\n\nThere are 2 ways to go to Rara Lake. The first one is by plane. From Kathmandu, it takes less than a day. This cost around 100$ for Nepalese nationals and 400 for foreigners. It’s a safe way to travel. The second way cost only 50$ including transport, food, lodging, cigarettes, biscuits and beers. It’s the bus. It takes five days. It’s not a safe way to travel.\n\nThe bus is a Tata 1512c. To produce them, the bus company has to buy a chassis with a driver seat. Then, they ask a custom shop to make it look like a bus. Once done, the result is a box of metal with 4 wheels that can go everywhere. It’s only designed with the concern of crossing mountains. Customer experience and comfort have never been researched or developed for those beasts. Meanwhile, they have big speakers inside.\n\nI got there by bus.\n\nThe First Bus: Pokhara - Nepalgunj\n![10122017-THX_2958.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUocRdgxrrMkXZpUyr1xQwbVG7Jp5VEPgfUkaDGWGtof8/10122017-THX_2958.jpg)\n\nI left from Pokhara on a sunday afternoon. I had just spent a weekend enjoying the sun and the lake after a very busy month. There I asked to a travel agency how to go to Rara Lake by bus. The woman at the counter kindly informed me that there was one leaving everyday to Nepalgunj « between 1pm and 1:30 ». She couldn’t provide me a ticket. « I don’t sell tickets for local bus. » She actually looked offended that I asked that. From her memory, the bus trip was « around 17h ».\n\nBecause I had spent all my change money in the fancy restaurants of Lakeside, I only had a few rupees left. I wanted to withdraw money but the ATMs were down. Bad luck. I told to myself that I could withdraw later. I had no idea at this moment of what was in front of me. A taxi dropped me at the « local bus » station. This was about a big chaos of buses driving around on a big avenue. The place was crowded by random people yelling around in Nepali. One of them came to me. « Where you go? - Nepalgunj - Follow me! » We crossed the street and he showed me a bus. « This bus… Nepalgunj » I went inside and took a seat that was designated to me.\n\nAt first, I was the only one inside. Nevertheless it only took a few minutes and the bus got overcrowded. So much that some people had no seats. We left Pokhara. The bus steward asked me twelve hundreds rupees for the ticket. I found myself with only 20 rupees left. I used them to buy peanuts. Peanuts are a very good stuff to keep the mind busy at least fourthy-five minutes. The first roads were normal. Only a few holes and some corners to shake the bus. Nothing big. Inside, the driver was entertaining the passengers with loud and good Hindi music. Some people were sleeping, others were just watching by the window. We stopped once for tea before dawn. « No tea? - No money »\n\nAt sunset, the bus crossed a big white bridge and took a mountain road with traffic jams. For about two hours, it drove slowly on a dirt road. Seeing that I had no more money for food, I decided to put my stuff on sale. Therefore I sold my sunglasses to the man sitting next to me. Only 2$ for sunglasses I had payed 5. Nepalese are good for negotiations. « I give you 2000 - No, 300. - No, 2000 - Ok 200 - Ok » That was enough to provide me the basic necessities when the bus stopped. A little of food, a bottle of Coke (One coke a day keeps the diarrhea away) and water. I had 50 rupees left for tea.\n\nI felt asleep around 1am. From the night, I only remember being awakened by a soldier at a checkpoint so he could check my bag. « What is this? - My camera » Around 5, the bus stopped and I embarked into a minivan driving to the city centre of Nepalgunj. The steward from this bus was a young-obese-rude child who thought it’d be funny to have fun of the foreigner all the way. This bus costed me 5 rupees and a cigarette to fat guy. At 6, the bus dropped me in Nepalgunj. I was feeling good considering I thought I was not far from Rara Lake anymore. I was wrong.\n\nAfter some private time in an ATM, a street guy showed me the way to « bus park ». There, I was about to take the second bus.\n\nThe Second Bus: Nepalgunj - Jumla\n![11122017-THX_2994.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmf5NbW59kK4WQKC4Z1iSnMiNMPrVRVKjtmXLG8zx4jyeb/11122017-THX_2994.jpg)\n\nI arrived at the bus station around 6. In front of a teashop, there was a group of men. One of them was selling bus tickets. Since I had to wait for approximately one hour, I fell asleep in the teashop. After a few minutes, someone woke me up and designed me a seat in the bus that was going to drive me. I woke up with the loudness of the bus leaving. It was 7:40, the sun was rising. \n\nI was starting what I thought would be an only 12 hours ride to Jumla. I was looking forward to be soon enjoying Rara Lake. Although it wasn’t meant to be like that at all. After one hour driving, the bus had to stop. I asked for informations « Problem? - Small problem » We stayed there for an hour. During this time I took pictures of the bus. It was an old and used machine. \n\nWhen the problem was solved, we left. We had lost an hour and I was feeling confident that we would arrive early In order that I could have a shower before diner. After two kilometers, the bus stopped. I thought it was a bathroom stop… But an old man from the bus made me a sign. « Big problem » The bus driver had to walk to the nearest village to get some help. I had some sleep again and when I woke up the bus was leaving. This time, it had stopped for 2 hours. At this moment I was getting hungry and I was looking forward for the food stop. « 20 minutes »\n\nAround thirty minutes later, the bus stopped again. This time no technical problem, there was an accident on the road. A huge crowd was helping people to get out of a bus that had just crashed. Some of them were just taking pictures. Other one were fighting. I felt asleep one more time. When I woke up, we were leaving…\n\n![11122017-THX_3108.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdrbPax8ke26bPG6yaoSkWNtrUUJLRXL3Ed4HGynznenZ/11122017-THX_3108.jpg)\n\nAfter a quick dal bath stop, we drove for the rest of the day. We only stopped for toilets. At dawn, the bus stopped in a village. « Sleeping! » We had to spend the night in a lodge. All together in the same room.  The bed were made of wood planks with no sleeping mat. The rooms were in the basement. But first, we shared the dal bath together. The driver was very proud of driving a foreigner so he was taking care of every details. « You want beer? You want fish? Another Tea? »\n\nWe had a long night of sleep and we were awaken at five by hard knocks on the door and shoutings. « उठो, उठो!! » No time for tea, we had to go. When I asked how long it would take to go to Jumla someone said « 5-6 hours ». He was lying. This morning, it was raining. We only stopped once in a village for a tea and samosas. The next stop was for lunch.\n\nAfter this stop, we were definitely in the mountains. So I took pictures of them. \n\n![12122017-THX_3319.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmT6hozbdbKiU3cXNUnQPTDSZpzoV84WFoyW7AZP6Cw7br/12122017-THX_3319.jpg)\n\n![12122017-THX_3355.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWPMmFpF5ZcQa62WHxWbLSxTTh9VATF2uKWbPnnKvYALw/12122017-THX_3355.jpg)\n\nDuring the afternoon, three incidents happened. First, we stopped because there was a truck upside down and its crowd on the road. A small man showed me the truck with proud. « This is Nepal. » Another one asked me: « How long you in Nepal? ». The second incident was nothing big. Two men entered the bus. They had no money so they got expelled. « Problem? - No rupees! » And finally, we stopped in a village to deliver rice. Everybody got angry because of price negotiation. Around 7pm, we arrived in Jumla. « Tomorrow, you go Rara Lake » I asked for a room in the only hotel that had a wifi and electricity. « This is Star Hotel » The hotel had no electricity before 10pm and only dal bath for food. Meanwhile, there was a very luxurious facility… A shower.\n\nThe Third Bus: Jumla - Nagma\n![13122017-THX_3514.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVJcVb7cJZwN3x7DwNwgheTQwdEVPMopiKtV4Zh5ew1ck/13122017-THX_3514.jpg)\n\nThe next day, I woke up at seven. I needed to take some time to organize my return from Rara Lake after visiting it. So I headed to the airport. Inside, there was a man hanging out. He called a friend. The friend sayed that the next plane was the week after. « But nothing sure. Sometimes plane not coming. » Because of this detour, I missed my bus. However I was the witness of a beautiful sunrise.\n\nAfter a breakfast, I headed to the bus station. One of them was going to Nagma. «  First you go Nagma and then Gothijiula. After Rara Lake tonight 7pm » « To Nagma 2-3 hours then 1 hour. Approximately 9 hours. » It was crowded and the driver was going very fast. Which was good fun for everybody. Although I was scared. Which was good fun as well for the others. This bus ride was only one hour time. In Nagma, I had to wait for the next bus at a police checkpoint… « One hour waiting ». I waited four hours with the police. « How long you stay in Nepal? You have girlfriend? »\n\n![13122017-THX_3498.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSwXfi8dNE3bGEDUYGwhiuHZthk2fvnnovR8btkCbmgNi/13122017-THX_3498.jpg)\n\nThe Fourth Bus: Nagma - Ghotijiula\n\n![13122017-THX_3528.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmebw9Dj2Djrg9VK9NV7fqHewuDkoax3mdNdxB2uaXmo6J/13122017-THX_3528.jpg)\n\nIn the time of waiting, I got hungry. I ordered a dal bath. When it got ready, the bus arrived. Thus the police stopped it to give me some time to eat.\n\nAfter this, we left for Ghotijiula. « One hour? - Yes! - Two hours? - Yes! – Six hours? – Yes! » This time no more tarmac roads. Only stones, dirt and grounds. For the next four hours, I was going to be balanced from the left to the right and back. The bus could not go faster than twenty kilometers in straight lines. The deep ravine was only one meter away. Occasionally less than thirty centimeter. \n\nFrom Nepalese standard there are two kinds of remote areas. « Remotes » and « Very remotes » I had just entered a very remote one. This kind of place where, except for dal baths, there is literally nothing. In those areas, most of the village had no electricity. There was phone network in very few places. « In Ghotijiula wifi? - No wifi. Sometimes phone network » I enjoyed this experience by sitting in the back with my new friend. « I’m police from Kathmandu. I come home for five days to my family then I go back. You have cigarette? » The bus arrived around six. It was already nighttime and the temperature was less than 0°. « Now, I walk my home. 15 kilometers only. Tomorrow, you go Rara. »\n\nI spent the night in the homestay of a very welcoming family « RICE EATING COME! - I don’t want rice. I want to sleep! - RICE EATING! »\n\n![13122017-THX_3553.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQNLX3uZkfQdAkXTa7KgZwREz9KnArQrrWZT1UwRavef5/13122017-THX_3553.jpg)\n\nThe Fifth Bus That Was Actually A Truck: Ghotijiula - Rara\n![14122017-THX_3602.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYr6cLb4H9vYRYZNfoD8wNg56hBaQmj2CEwt4AgoWwbdJ/14122017-THX_3602.jpg)\n\nI woke up at sunrise the fifth day. The first thing I had to do was to go to « bus park » to ask at what time I could leave for Rara Lake. « 10 o’clock » said someone. « 3pm » said another one. « Just wait here » was the clearest answer I got. It was 8 and a bus was going to come at a moment or another.\n\nI used this time to do some inner philosophy while smoking some shilum with the mother of my homestay. I was curious to know what was the life of those people made of in such remote areas with no connections to the outside world. The existence of the people living here had to be very hard. A cold winter. A raining sum… Suddenly a truck arrived.\n\n« You go Rara Lake? - Yes! » I took a seat inside the cabin with the driver and two other persons. The truck was a Tata with no equipment but Bluetooth speakers. We started to drive on roads that were way more dangerous than the day before. Not only there was ground and stones… from time to time; we were driving on the snow. I got scared. Good fun for my traveling companions. \n\nAfter every turn, they told me: « Next, Rara Lake ». And so for three hours. Then we arrived at a military checkpoint. « After that, Rara Lake! You have best time Rara Lake! » I had to give my passport number. I saw in the register that I was the first foreigner coming there for a month. The last ones were a French couple. Rara was one hour of drive away. When we arrived, they dropped me on a road. « You go this way 2 hours and then Rara » They left and I started walking with 20kg on my back. This was an improvised trek at sunset.\n\nFinally, after three hours of walking, it was there. Rara Lake.\n\n![14122017-THX_3748.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeEVGsgrjHzUU9jJnwV7i1DDXi3oQH2EKr2nZ2GjjRxju/14122017-THX_3748.jpg)\n\nTo go back to Kathmandu, I went by plane from Nepalgunj. The bus that drove me there was supposed to be only two days. It took us four days because of « technical problems » and a wheel that felt of the bus while driving. « Luckily we’re alive. »",
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      "body": "![07012018-THX_4641.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNmpfrwoRWXehMYjEVzAAC6i6MjXZHKxs6dcFauGiKyCi/07012018-THX_4641.jpg)\n\nMichelle is the story of a heart. A broken one. It’s about a small and beautiful thing that was blighted by negligence and egocentricism. Four paws, a head and a tail connected to a consciousness.  Michelle is a dog. But mostly… an overdose of cuteness in a brutal world.\n\nIn October, when I was looking for stories in Nepal, I got in contact with Hilary, from \"Portland, Oregon (USA)\". She wrote me a few emails describing what she was doing in Nepal for a dog shelter. Sneha’s Care in Lalitpur. From paperwork and frequent visit to witness some holy recoveries.  « I have been witness to this countless times and I am looking forward to being a witness to more of it when I get to Nepal in early November. » I confirmed I would visit the shelter as soon as I reached Kathmandu. I didn’t know what to expect. « The dates that you are proposing are going to be very hectic at the shelter due to World Vets coming with 16 of their finest to run a mass sterilization, treatment and vaccine clinic..... You will be thrown into the fire for sure! »\n\nI reached there the 15th of November in the early morning. From outside, all I could see was a big  compound. All I could hear were dogs barkings. A mass of them. I opened the door. I was surrounded. There was no escape. Some of them were big. Some were small. Some were disabled. One of them had a part of his head missing. One of them was bitting my leg to salute me. All of them were barking or playing or fighting. « They’re like humans, they play » The place was a huge organized chaos. \n\n![15112017-THX_9340.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZBNEL7srgNnxahL84HabMCVPZhv7i7Wu5CHPnS39BULA/15112017-THX_9340.jpg)\n\nI went upstairs. On the upper level, it was something else. I was in the middle of an open air industrial surgery session organised by veterinaries from America. All women, except for one lucky. I had never seen that in my entire life. Actually, this was something no one would like to see. I was in front of a dog that had his intestines out of his body. At the same moment the veterinary doing that was chatting with another one sterilizing a dog. « I’m from fort Lauderdale. - Oh! I’m gong there for Christmas! - Amazing! » All of this with speakers blasting ABBA for everybody dogs included. « You are my dancing queen -WOUF WOUF! » This service was brought to the animals by World Vets. « What’s your favorite Disney movie? » An organisation of volunteers who financed all the medical furnitures and their way to Nepal. Before their visit to the shelter, they went for trekking to get to know each other. At this moment, they were improving hundreds of dogs lives as a family. This is what trekking do to people. « I hate the shuffle on my phone, it always put random music that doesn’t match together »\n\nSneha  from Kathmandu was the owner of the place. A few years ago, she had a dog. The dog was always barking and so her neighbour poisoned him. The conclusion was fatal to the dog. Sneha's heart was so broken she didn’t want to go out anymore. Three years ago, she created Sneha’s Care. She finance eighty percent of the shelter with her own money. The shelter welcomes more than hundred dogs. Sneha’s Care has a complex and a dog ambulance. The staff is composed by volunteers from across the world. Employees are from Nepal. It is officially a ngo. Everyday, the ambulance rescues dogs and animals in the Kathmandu Valley. Sneha is very concerned about the fate of street dogs. « Sometime, people have a meat shop. The dogs come because they like meat. But for the owner, it’s not good because everyone say don’t go to this shop, there are street dogs. So the owner of the meat shop throws boiled water at the dogs. » Sneha thinks that people shouldn’t « love animals but they shouldn’t harm them too. » If you have a heart, you will donate to the shelter.\n\nAt this moment, I had to put my bag in the office. I entered inside. There was a small white dog in a basket. I gave her a stroke. I went outside and met Hilary. After a brief chat about our different origins we visited the shelter. Hilary knew the name of most of the dogs and their characteristics. « This one has been hit by a car. This one has a neurological problem. He looks like drunk all day! This one’s name is Happy, we call him happy because he’s always angry. » The compound was made of a building with two office and a cohesion of different cages. The most dangerous and violent dogs had individual cages. The others had common cages. Some of those confinements had more than twenty dogs inside. « Usually, they’re outside but since the vets are here, we keep them inside to avoid chaos. » Most of the dogs were from the streets. « They used to be seen as rats to be exterminated but now, the mentalities are evolving. Slowly. »\n\n![15112017-THX_9361.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUhhi8yrVUAE8ne876ihibZoJ97arAh6FTp4RAuou4J45/15112017-THX_9361.jpg)\n\n![15112017-THX_9413.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPMnzxuZMFv6d4KwgyX8UwjywryRMeZafkEbeq56uD94S/15112017-THX_9413.jpg)\n\nHilary was very attached to those dogs. I asked them about their origins. « They come from everywhere. Some are domesticated by a family. They didn't want them anymore because they are too old. So their family leaves them here or abandon them in the street. But most of them are street dogs. » She was giving a lot of energy to ensure everything was going well for the vets but mostly for the dogs. « Sneha sayed I didn’t had to do anything but I keep helping. I can’t stay doing nothing when everybody is busy. You shouldn't smoke cigarettes. It’s bad for your lungs. »\n\nDuring the whole day, the vets were doing sterilisations and different surgeries to dogs. Around lunch, they amputated one. This was mobilising some staff. I wanted to know if this would affect the dog mentally. « I doesn’t really affect them. They live in the present moment. They just accept it. When this one is going to wake up, he’s going to have a bad time. But after a few time he’ll feel way better than he used to before the amputation and he will play with the others without the pain. » The dogs were catched in the streets. Once in the shelter, they were sterilised  vaccinated and treated if necessary. If they were able to go back to the streets after that they were released where they were captured. If not, they had to stay in the shelter... forever. I discussed the matter with Hilary. « It must be a special experience for them. They’re in a street, someone come and gets them. They come in a place with many other dogs. They have great food then they’re back in the streets with their balls of. » At this moment, the volunteers were serving rice to the dogs. « It’s way better than what they get out there. »  During the time they were served they were fighting to eat first. « They’re dogs, life is an everyday fight for them. » \n\n![15112017-THX_9394.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfVWzEvZPA4ckvd8BVCPeMssAogPg8ywDMtywVkrj4iiT/15112017-THX_9394.jpg)\n\n\nAround 4pm, one of the vets dropped a basket with a small white dog in the middle of the shelter. I tried to pet the dog but she barked at me. « This one is very agressive! » I was curious. « She came here yesterday. She’s a breed dog. She was abandonned by her owners. Since no one was taking care of her, her hairs grew up so much she couldn’t see anymore. Because of her urine and the dirt, she couldn’t move her paws anymore. She was also harassed and abused by other dogs. So someone in Thamel called the ambulance. It took three hours to shave her. » I wanted to know the name of this dog. Hilary replied: « They called him Fluffy but I think it’s pretty offensive. Do you have another name for her? - Well… Michelle is good. »\n\nMichelle is a small being that was supposed to live happy and forever in a family. But since she got old, they decided to abandon her. After, she found herself with the street dogs. They attacked her just because she was small and domesticated. « They want to prove their strength by attacking the smallest one » One day, someone decided to call Sneha’s Care. She was in a busy street of Kathmandu. You can donate to Sneha’s Care by clicking here. When I met her she was totally broken. No more hope of joy. All the dogs around were fully livng the day. Some were being saved from a disease, other ones were yelling of pain because of the surgery. Those who weren’t concerned by this butchery were giving support to those suffering or just doing dog stuff. But Michelle, she was just pissed of. « She had enough of this bullshit. »\n\nI wanted to know her. I tried to pet her and she was receptive. She didn’t barked or bited me. « That’s very surprising, she bites everybody. » I had just made a friend whom I was going to hang out with until the end of the day...\n\n![15112017-THX_9432.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYj3Bsueg6Sp2hRU5bzGXZ1pw9G5YHy5UXvJM9DEWT5XK/15112017-THX_9432.jpg)\n\nThree days after, I was invited to a diner with the volunteers of the shelters and the vets. This diner was on the roof of a big hotel in a busy street. The purpose of this reunion was to recompense the vets for their services. When I arrived, everybody had a glass of wine in his hands. There was an open bar. The volunteers were dressed in suits. The conversations were about dogs. « you can make a blood transfusion of another blood group to a dog. But if you do it once, you can only transfuse this blood group. » « To anesthetize a dog you give him Ketamine. - So you traveled from America with a bag full of Ketamine? - Yes! » Or about America. « Mississipi is a boring state. You shouldn’t go there. »\n\nAfter the diner, the attendees decided to finish this with some « Nepali dance music ». All the wine drinked before and during the diner gaved them the trust to exercise their best moves. At this moment, I met Dr. Mandal. He insisted to invite me to his clinic the next day. « I can send you a driver if you want » I tried many times to remind him that maybe it was the wine talking but he insisted. So after a visit in an Irish Pub I went to sleep. The next day I headed to Dr. Mandal’s clinic. « You go to Norvic Hospital and you call me it’s in the same street. »\n\nI arrived there with my brain completely shutted of. I had wine the day before. When I met Dr. Mandal he had the same problem. He gave me a quick visit of his clinic. «  This is the owner of this dog. She came here with her mother. » I saluted the mother, the owner and the dog. « Is there lot of domesticated dogs in Kathmandu? - Everyone has a dog in Kathmandu. Some people have many. » He explained me that from time to time he had to take care of street dogs. « Sometimes, people come with street dogs. I take care of them then they go away by themselves. - Who pay the bill? - The people who bring them. They come back after and pay. » \n\nAfter the visit, we were exhausted. We had wine the day before. So we sat at an operation table to drink some tea. During the tea, the conversation was about the street dogs. « Their good name is community dogs. They are part of the community were they live. If you go somewhere and you see a dog, you come back the next day, he will be there. Usually you find them in small streets and around temples. They like quiet place. » During the next weeks I started to get to know the dogs of my streets. Dr. Mandal was right. When I saw a dog in a street or in a stupa, the next day, he was there again. Every evening when I was passing by a temple in my street the same dogs were barking at me. The homeless of my street were always sleeping at the same spot… with the same dog.   « The dogs are in the constitution of Nepal. » \n\n![18112017-THX_9770.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaVKAwoHcDNFzEt6hufXXTruWuig7DadHYMQPsumcC1Az/18112017-THX_9770.jpg)\n\nToday, Around twenty thousand dogs lives in the streets of Kathmandu. For hygienical, safety and animal welfare reasons, controling this population has become a political issue. One one side, the animal welfare organisations lobbies for birth control while the government is more in favor of the extermination solution to control them. « If you kill them, they feel it, they become more agressive and they reproduce more. Birth control makes them less agressive. They don’t need to fight for females anymore. » The biggest challenge for the street dogs is that a few people like them. « Today, in schools, they give class about how to take care of street dogs but only in few schools. » And furthermore… they aren’t really helping. Some of them are agressive and attack people. « It’s in their nature » They are only respected during the « Nepali dog Puja », the dog festival of Diwali. « People put a tika on the dog and give some food one day ebery year. Then they mistreat the dogs the rest of the year. » \n\nOne week after, I came back to the shelter to visit Michelle. She was wearing a vest this time. She was feeling better. « Her recovery is going well but it’s going to take a long time. » Hilary and I decided to make an experiment. We wanted to take Michelle outside to see how she would feel far from the other dogs. So we carried the cage and crossed a Nepalese crowd of curious dogs. When we opened the cage, she was shy. She took some time to decide if she would go out of the cage or not.  After a few dubious steps, she was out in the wild. We started walking. In the meantime she was curious. She smelled everything around. She felt so happy that she shaked her tail. « Look at that! » After five meters, she was exhausted and we decided to put her back in the shelter. I promised to come and visit her again. \n\n![19112017-THX_9909.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQxR4mqvGjhiMz42jv65mZ7AmmHaHRe5iN3sWJPaNnAaU/19112017-THX_9909.jpg)\n\nMy next visit was the 8th of December. This season in Kathmandu is when the temperature start to drop below zero at nights.  Hilary was there with a group of foreigners that she had invited to visit the shelter. You cannot visit the shelter if you’re not in Nepal but you can donate by clicking here. So do it! All of them were charmed by Michelle. But no one could approach her. « GRRRRRRRRR! » Michelle was still pissed of. \n\nSo I took her outside for a walk and a chat. There she was good and secure. One of her paws was damaged forever so she couldn’t walk very fast. Every meters she lost balance and felt. All of a sudden a cow arrived from nowhere. That’s usual in Nepal. Michelle befriended the cow. They hanged out for some time. The cow left. Maybe she had a meeting or something. At sunrise I embarked Sneha’s car with Abhi, her husband, and Hilary. Hilary was going back to America the next day and I was going to Pokhara. So we hugged goodbye. Then, Sneha proposed me to visit her someday at her office in Thamel.\n\n![06122017-THX_2728.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPRnajYskk9ywqeq4sPVJcAjUFqakrk1FdMJJaCx234dF/06122017-THX_2728.jpg)\n\n\nI did... Three weeks after. She was with Abhi. Sneha has a travel agency. Traveling people is very good business in Nepal. I was sitting on a chair with a dog in my arms and we had some conversations... about dogs. Sneha explained me how hard it was to manage Sneha’s Care. « People call me from everywhere. I can’t save all the dogs. » As the discussion flied, Abhi mentionned a place called Teku Dump Site. « There, you find more than thousand dogs. If you give them biscuits, they don’t eat them. They were born in the dump and they only know the dump. » I asked for the location and I headed there the next day in the afternoon.\n\nAfter a thirty minutes walk I arrived at a place full of dump… and dogs. All the folk around was amazed to see a white face in the dump running after dogs with a camera. I was astonished by how many puppies there was around me. The dump site was in a very poor proximity. All the people were living in streets full of dump bags… and dogs. Those one were hanging around and looking for food. The wildlife in this place was astonishing. Dogs, cows, ducks, goats and chicken were all living and sharing the food together. On the top of some pile, there was a dead puppy. No one would get rid of him. Childrens were playing innocently in those streets. « Ten rupees? - No. - You have chocolate? - No. - This dog, America dog? - No. »\n\n![07012018-THX_4491.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUrv7eukHGtj3Jjvcaxs6ibhCiq5J7tx5Fd7Eb9Swug58/07012018-THX_4491.jpg)\n\nAt a moment one of them came alone to me. « Hello, you have ten rupees? - No. Do you live here? - Yes, with my family… One, two, three… four, five… Six! Family Six! - You know the dogs? - Yes! » Nehal was a boy who lived just round the corner. He knew a few words in English and gave me a few relevant informations. « You see this puppies? - Yes… - This dog is the mother. This dog is the father. - How do you know that? - I know it. » About the dead puppy that was just few meters from us he had those words: « This one dead? - Yes dead. - But how? - I don’t know… Death. » The sun was going down and I had to leave. « You have ten rupees? - No. Nice to meet you Nehal! - Nice to meet you sir! You come back tomorrow? - No. - Give ten rupees! - No. »\n\n![07012018-THX_4581.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmctcnh7w5crHozwLam5EmrWJQq51UDgkmpqbSUQoqzbxL/07012018-THX_4581.jpg)\n\nThe last time I met Michelle was a few days before leaving Nepal. As usual she was in a cage barking at every dog who would come close. « WOUF WOUF! GRRRR! ». I took her out of the shelter to have a walk. A long one this time. We had to walk two-hundred fifty meters. She really enjoyed it. Five meters before the end, she decided to stop and have some sleep. Michelle is lazy sometimes. One thing was sure, she was on the way to recovery. Step by step. One piece at a time. She was feeling good outside. When it was time for me to leave, I put her back in the shelter but not in a cage this time. She had to make new friends now. « GRRRRRRRRRR! WOUF! WOUF! WOUF! » \n\nDays after I heard about her for the last time. « She’s getting along with other dogs! She has made so much progress! » Today, she has to stay in Sneha’s Care. She’s not a street dog and with her paws damaged she wouldn’t survive a week out there! The only option that is left for her is adoption. But she’s old and disabled. No one wants to adopt a dog like that in Nepal. She could be adopted by someone from the USA but not from Europe. « To much paperwork. ». 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