Natives In Touristland: Pokhra Portraits
1) NATIVES ON THE TOURIST BUS
In the “exclusive, air-conditioned” Kathmandu-Pokhra bus, a young foreign woman asked me how much I had paid for my bus fare. When I told her, she screwed up her nose in disgust and spat out, “That’s SO unfair. Totally unfair! It’s the same everywhere. We foreigners always end up paying
Italians in Nadeeeer
[Editor’s Note: A friend sent our correspondent a letter in which she described herself as desperately depressed about her failure as a writer because no one was buying her books. She also lamented being squeezed for time because she would be in Morocco and then Europe for six weeks prior to an important deadline. Our
Dude, Where’s My Topi?
Travelers’ Tales Asia Editor Raj Khadka does a little social climbing in Kathmandu at the 50th Anniversary of the Everest Climb.