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Kathmandu is crazy!! To drive you need to have arrogance, sided with nerve, and a constant hand on the hooter. No-one waits for anyone and there don't seem to be many pavements which makes things interesting. Thai airways is fab. The food great and could teach Gate Gourmet a thing or two. The airport is reminiscent of Maputo though I think Maputo had more shopping opportunities from what we could see. The immigration officials were surly which luckily seems to be the antithesis of Nepalis in general. It is incredibly poor and I think could take on Africa in that respect. Luckily we were collected which took out some of the stress.

This afternoon has been spent scouring the trekking stores, avoiding Hashish, tiger balm, musical instruments and bag sellers. We then had a welcome dinner at a local restaurant with our guide for the trek. It was quite an interesting place with about 3 waiters per patron and singers and dancers there for a private show. Luckily towards the end of the evening a few other drifters arrived taking the pressure off us! Think Zulu cultural experiences on steroids!!!

Falling into bed the rain started and cooled everything down beautifully.


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