Qachas Nek

I just got back into Maseru and am headed to Hlotse soon after a totally awesome week visiting Megan in Qachas Nek!
I arrived into town about noon last Monday after a 6hr taxi ride holding an adorable little boy who slept the whole way. Megan met me at the rank (gorgeous in QN) then we grabbed some lunch and headed to the hospital. Her hospital is great and it was fun to meet all the staff and talk to some of the patients. We stayed around and watched the doctors at work for a while then I wanted to ditch my stuff. Got back to her place, unloaded, and went to the hotel for a couple drinks even though we weren't supposed to meet the doctors for a couple more hours. Once they got there we chilled then went back to the hospital to hang out with them all and eat some "Cuban food" with this crazy good Nepalese pickled pepper spread.
Tuesday Morning we went to the hospital to do rounds with the doctors. Dr. Ashish told us to hurry and follow him and he took us in to see a baby being born. Quite unexpected and super intense. Right after that a baby was brought in from a C-section and we watched them resuscitate it! All before 11 am. We then walked around town a little and went shopping at PEP, had some girl shopping time. Totally exhausted we went back to her house and crashed for a couple hours then saw "Blood Diamond", the computer battery died when there was about 15 more mins so I was pissed, no closure.
Wednesday we were all rested so woke up late, had a nice cup of coffee, then decided to go for a walk. I saw this awesome mountain (now named Mt. TIA) and we both said "let's go" so hiked about 1/3 to 1/2 way up it. It was so pretty, herd boys running around on it, lots of cool plants for me to point out, took some pics, just had fun. Walked into town, walked around town, walked through town, walked to Megans. Walked, walked, walked. We went back for a couple drinks that night with some other PCV's then crashed.
Thursday was not as exciting but we needed a break. We went to the hospital, went on rounds, and just hung around town again. That night we watched the end of "Blood Diamond" (thank goodness) and "What Happens in Vegas" then totally passed out.
Friday, once again refreshed after sleeping in again, we did rounds at the hospital. A girl there has epilepsy and hasn't walked for a while so Dr. Enio wanted us to chat with her and figure it out. From talking to her, doing some basic physical therapy, then us walking her around and around the room (me and Megan barely holding her hands) we figured she was faking for some reason. Once a nurse came in though she said she was very tired and sat down. That night we hung out with the doctors again.
And lastly, I woke up at 6 on Saturday, was on the bus at 7 (when it was supposed to leave)since they said the sprinter went to Durban, and left the taxi rank at 8 because.... well... because this is Lesotho. Got to ride 7 hours back to Maseru with a bunch of drunk guys sitting next to me who continued to drink on the bus, stinking like stale beer, and laying on me when they passed out, in a bus that must have been a hundred degrees.
Taadaa, awesome week! Doesn't sound as much fun written and I cant paint a picture very well of just how gorgeous QN is, like a little logging town set out in eastern Oregon.