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<\/a><\/p>\nThe truck was backing down the alley, with a dude on sitting on the back bumper, firing a fucking water cannon up into the air. One presumes it was to mitigate the dust; but adding this element into the already chaotic scene was\u2026well, chaos-squared, I suppose. Barely managed, meself, to avoid getting soaked \u2013 but it\u2019d have been worth it anyway, just to have been privileged to witness everybody\u2019s pissed-off reactions.<\/p>\n
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Coolest thing about Kathmanduites is as follows. You always see them \u2013 mostly kids and teens, but some adults, too \u2013 walking in pairs (or even three or four abreast) with linked arms, or with one\u2019s arm over the other\u2019s shoulder. Not sure what exactly the deal is, apart from a simple show of friendship, but it\u2019s ever so endearing.<\/p>\n Also, though it\u2019s no De Talak, the community here at the hostel is really great. Nice mixture of people just returning from trekking, those getting ready to go trekking, and those who live to hang out and smoke weed (\u201chash\u201d as it\u2019s only ever called here) all the day long. Lots of people have been spending many many months shuttling between Nepal and India. As in Southeast Asia, it\u2019s mostly Europeans; but there are more North Americans, and fewer Australians, than in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a cool scene.<\/p>\n Oh, yeah. A taxi-driver tried to run my dimpled ass over, but I bade him, before proceeding, to hold off and let me get out of the way first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just a brief report to-day. This place is fucking crazy! But in all the best ways. The wackily manic street scenes can get a little bit overwhelming, it’s true; but they’re so fascinating that it\u2019s difficult to pry oneself away … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n