Monday, January 7, 2008

Language Skills Not Required

Language Skills Not Required
When we hit the large towns finding a hotel is a hurdle, as none of the cities are in our guide book and directions get confusing, “go about two furlongs that a right a little before the canal and the hotel is on the left.” So our strategy has been to hire a rickshaw and we follow it through the maze to a hotel. Each of the drivers has become our friend, helping tune our vehicle up, and taking us to get tires repaired. Membership in the Rickshaw Fraternity is enough to solidify our friendship, language not required. The next morning the same driver will show up early to leads out of town. All roads lead to Rome, but it not easy getting out of Dodge on the road to Kathmandu.

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