Thoughts on Nepal
Kathmandu Valley
November 12, 2017- January 8, 2018
The last time (1999) I was in Kathmandu, I stayed in a nice hotel. This time, I am staying in a home. My experience is quiet different.
Kathmandu Valley
November 12, 2017- January 8, 2018
The last time (1999) I was in Kathmandu, I stayed in a nice hotel. This time, I am staying in a home. My experience is quiet different.
- They don't use top sheets and mattress covers on their beds. I have a large, bulky, scratchy blanket and that's it.
- It seems as if most people can speak some degree of English
- The streets are exceedingly narrow and filled over oversized buses.
- This is the trekking capital of the world.
- Tuborg is the beer of choice. There are a few Nepali beers. I prefer Gorka.
- They follow two calendars which makes it a challenge to clarify exact meeting dates.
- there are a lot of festivals.
- I am eating lots of rice and dahl.
- We like our milk tea.
- They don't use toilet paper.
- They move lots of red bricks from one place to another.
- A liter of water is 30 cents.
- They drive not whether side of the road which causes great confusion for me.
- Their pillows are so damn hard and so are tier mattresses.
- The roads are all dirt so everything is dusty. i am covered in dust.
- There are millions of cashmere and passing scarves for sale.
- They are mostly Hindu and Buddhist.
- Elephants are the beast of burden around Chitwan National Park.
- Yaks are the beast of burden in the Himalayas.
- Many, many of the merchants and people were Northface, merchandise left behind from the trekkers.
- I'm constantly coughing, trying to get rid of the dust in my throat.
- In Imodal, there are only Nepali people in the streets. I stand out in the crowd. In Katmandu, it's Nepali people and westerners. In Pokara, mostly westerners walk the streets.
- Instant coffee (Nescafe), is offered as an acceptable option fro a cup of coffeee. It is dreadful.
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