In Nepal finally - the farthest towards the West from Japan I've been. Just a stone's throw north from Delhi. Someday I'll make it there. Kathmandu though is a bustling, vivacious space, reminiscent of other developing cities I've seen - Phnom Penh, Vientiane, yet it is somehow different. Haven't put my finger on just how it's different...
Right now there is a wedding down in the yard of the hotel and I'm listening to the most interesting music...people are playing Nepalese bagpipes and percussion. It's a great treat for me seeing as how I have nothing to do with the wedding. Can't eat the buffet food though! I got already to search around the hotel...Hotel Himalaya - really nice at a really nice price. Will probably have food and drinks in the restaurant lobby tonight. Tomorrow my connection from Randall, Matrika, will come in the AM and we will begin the survey process. I'm getting ready for lots of walking around and interviewing people as usual. We'll see how it goes this time!
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