Bald in Katmandu
Here I am in Katmandu and boy is this iternet thing going to be a challenge!
The bloke peddling the bike to try and get the internet speed up, just isn’t peddling hard enough, no matter how many rupees I throw his way.
Katmandu hasn’t changed. Still chaotic in every way and extremely funny in most.
I’ve finished all my last minute packing and we leave tomorrow to start the trek into base camp, which should last around 9 days or so…accordingly there may be a big gap in postings until I get ino base camp.
At worst I will try and call a message through to Nicole or my team at the office on Sat phone to keep you in the loop.
We fly by crop duster or giro-copter to Lukla tomorrow, and we’re all itching to get moving.
I’ll introduce the full team to you at base camp, and hopefully be in a position to upload some pictures by then as well.
One could be a bit scary ie me.
Using my fluent Nepali nurtured over 3 previous trips to the region…I am now basically bald.
Instead of getting No 2’s and paying No 1’s at the barbers ( butchers?)…I ended up getting No 1’s and paying No 2’s.
( That is 200 rupees…and effectively just the straight clippers).
Women and children have been running from me in the streets, and all I need to do is start wearing orange robes and I’m sure I’d get a guernsey leading prayers in a buddhist monastry.
Instead I’ve asked the team to start referring to me as “GG” - Guru Georgie- and I intend to hold counselling sessions at Tom & Jerry’s Hotel later this evening to instil “wisdom”amongst the team later this evening.
Must leave you here…the bloke riding the bike is getting tired and both the internet speed and lights are waning.
Warm Regards and Love to Many
GG
Georgie
