About Nepal

May 4, 1992

Everything that I have heard of is here: Katmandu, Himalayan Mountains, Mt. Everest.

However, it is a very poor country, like the ads on t.v. to feed starving children, Nepal looks like these places, but all of Nepal is poor like this.

The region is mostly Hindu, so cows are sacred and walk freely on the streets. Most of the people wear dots on their foreheads for good luck, even men. The people are very friendly and seem to like the Jewish religion. Everything about these people is primitive, the way they live, they way they wash, their houses, their shops, so called cities, and most amazingly they know English and very well. Even the children that work selling things of the road, from about the age of 5 or so know English. Since they have to pay to go to school and many cannot afford to go, so from a young age they are already working. About 50 percent of the population is under 18 years old.

Pricing for all rooms is based on who you are and how well you bargain. Make sure if you are going to Nepal that you do not go this time of year, since it is the end of the dry season and the start of the rainy one. The Himalayans can only been seen really early in the morning before the dust is in the air and then there is no visibility, soon all there will be is rain here and that will not be fun at all.