VSN in Kathmandu, Nepal

Hi Everyone!
I am currently in amazing, very friendly, very different, and very impoverished Nepal. I am in Kathmandu to be exact. We arrived here two days ago and were greeted (more like swarmed) by a ton of Nepali men trying to take us away in their taxi or to their guesthouse...etc. The one thing you learn fast here is that shaking your head left to right actually means "Yes" in Nepal. Anyway, Gen and I arrived at the airport first at 1:30pm and had to wait for Jamie (who was coming in at 3:50pm on a different airline). Gen and I had a bit of a dilema as we had to pay for a visa at the airport entry but didn't have any cash that was acceptable to them. So we were advised to go outside of the airport to use the ATM just outside. Well, when we did that, we just nonchalantly walked passed security checkpoints..police...things like that. After we got outside and then swamped with Nepalis, we walk back in again past the security checkpoints, police, etc.
I will tell you this...there is no security at the Kathmandu, Nepal airport...zero. If was kinda hilarious really. Then after we got our visas, we walk outside again to find a place to sit and wait for the next few hours for Jamie to arrive. We also happened to get majorly swamped again for the second time by Nepalis to go to their guesthomes, hotels, or taxis. Gen and I literally were a bit wide-eyed and confused-overwhelmed. It is sooooo different here. In Nepali culture people do not take "no' for an answer. The directness of the word is not really understood. Instead, you give them a rational answer as to why something might not work out. For example, when someone asks if we need a taxi or hotel, saying "No" does not mean they will go away. However, if you say instead: "I am waiting for a friend to pick me up. I am staying at my friend's house." Only then will the Nepali guy leave you alone...he gets it. Anyway, it had truly been an amazing 72 hours in Nepal! Mr. Shreshtha picked us up (he is the coordinator for VSN) and gave us the tour of VSN headquarters, and one of the orphanages, and the Nepali host family that we are staying with this month. First thing is first, I have to tell you all that as poor as this country is, I cannot believe how AMAZINGLY FRIENDLY AND WARM AND LOVING the Nepali people are! For example, whilewaiting at the airport for Jamie, a Nepali Rai woman with her husband and children strikes a conversation up with us. Within 10 minutes of conversing, she has already invited us into her home to stay with complete warmth and mom-like. It was such a sweet gesture! We soon after started talking and smiling with other Nepalis and realized that this country is super friendly!