“The Waiting Place…”[…] “No! That’s Not for [me]!”
Driving in Kathmandu can be quite the entertainment! Here's an account of an incident which repeats everyday, pretty much everywhere, also pretty much at all times on the streets of Kathmandu!
Driving in Kathmandu can be quite the entertainment! Here's an account of an incident which repeats everyday, pretty much everywhere, also pretty much at all times on the streets of Kathmandu!
A list of observations of Kathmandu of the nineties, prepared in the late nineties when I came to live in the country for the first time in nine years and to work for the first time EVER!
Want to learn a bit about the plight of ethnic Tibetans in Mustang, the district I am from, and those of Tibetan refugees in Nepal? Watch the embedded Al Jazeera video.
The first experience Mustang had with development aid was in the nineties, some of which I saw first hand. And they failed miserably! Part of the reason was the condescension with which Kathmandu has always treated Mustang.
The influx of tourists to Mustang bring little benefits to the local people. On the contrary, the visitors not only have little regard for the ways and values of the locals but also question and threaten the most important aspect, and therefore, the very basis of their way of life: their religion (their spirituality).