A wet Saturday...
Saturday is dawning cold and wet with that persistent drizzle the British are so familiar with on a frequent basis. low clouds and mist obscuring any views and hiking can wait - a day for catching up with the blog, well I would if there were some electricity. Power cuts are frequent here with an outage listing for several hours on each day I've been here so far. Oddly enough though the Internet remains connected! Hot water is at a premium of course although I have spotted solar panels on the roof - quite useless today though.
Time to forage for some breakfast and a warm drink, if only to defrost. Plenty of offerings from the tourists joints - all western tastes catered for in abundance, but since I've spent heaps of cash getting out of the west, lets go for local! That road leading to the lake looks local enough, reasonable prices too, although still quite pricey for the average Nepalese.
That persistent drizzle is now a steady flow of rain, much needed I suspect given the amount of dust everywhere and when it's done the air will be crisp and clear according to the locals here. Oh, and the electricity around here is rationed being available for 4 hours, sometimes 6 hours at seemingly random times! But at least the IPad is fully charged, so with little else to do time to write the blog. However, an IPad seen on a little street in a relatively poor neighbourhood attracts attention and today is no exception as the cafe owners kids hover, eager to have a go at Angry Birds!
So, let's meet Amrit and Anjali....
Saturday is dawning cold and wet with that persistent drizzle the British are so familiar with on a frequent basis. low clouds and mist obscuring any views and hiking can wait - a day for catching up with the blog, well I would if there were some electricity. Power cuts are frequent here with an outage listing for several hours on each day I've been here so far. Oddly enough though the Internet remains connected! Hot water is at a premium of course although I have spotted solar panels on the roof - quite useless today though.
Time to forage for some breakfast and a warm drink, if only to defrost. Plenty of offerings from the tourists joints - all western tastes catered for in abundance, but since I've spent heaps of cash getting out of the west, lets go for local! That road leading to the lake looks local enough, reasonable prices too, although still quite pricey for the average Nepalese.
That persistent drizzle is now a steady flow of rain, much needed I suspect given the amount of dust everywhere and when it's done the air will be crisp and clear according to the locals here. Oh, and the electricity around here is rationed being available for 4 hours, sometimes 6 hours at seemingly random times! But at least the IPad is fully charged, so with little else to do time to write the blog. However, an IPad seen on a little street in a relatively poor neighbourhood attracts attention and today is no exception as the cafe owners kids hover, eager to have a go at Angry Birds!
So, let's meet Amrit and Anjali....
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