Everyone is lost in Kathmandu
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Local Time: Thursday, Oct 20, 2005 - 1:30pm
Early afternoon is a bad time to use the internet cafes in Kathmandu. I am pretty sure I am sharing a poor phone line with about 20 other people. And the browsers keep crashing. So, I am composing this in Notepad, to copy and paste into the browser in desperate hope of successfully posting to my blog.
It is raining today. How disappointing. I could have stayed in Vancouver to see the rain.
Seth and I woke early to go to the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center, which in the guidebook is near the clock tower. We asked the rickshaw driver if he knew where it was. He said yes, so we got a price (50 Rs ~ $1 CND) and climbed in. He pedalled away. However, within 5 minutes he was busy asking directions of people on the street. He had no idea where it was. Sometimes it seems like a waste of time to ask if the drivers (taxis, autorickshaws or rickshaws) know where a place is. They almost invariably say yes, and often have no idea.
This guy was actually pedalling us north when the meditation center was south. Eventually we got within visual distance of the clock tower, which was suppose to be near the meditation center, so we paid the guy off and started walking. The street on the map in the Lonely Planet guide had no meditation center.
There was a lady there in the street. We asked her, but she didn't know either. She invited us to tea though, so we went into her house, borrowed her phone and phoned the number in the guide. No answer. Her husband was able to tell us that it use to be in a large building near by, but it had moved. Oh well. We'll ask around and try again tomorrow. There are hour long meditations each day from 8 - 9.
Local Time: Thursday, Oct 20, 2005 - 1:30pm
Early afternoon is a bad time to use the internet cafes in Kathmandu. I am pretty sure I am sharing a poor phone line with about 20 other people. And the browsers keep crashing. So, I am composing this in Notepad, to copy and paste into the browser in desperate hope of successfully posting to my blog.
It is raining today. How disappointing. I could have stayed in Vancouver to see the rain.
Seth and I woke early to go to the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center, which in the guidebook is near the clock tower. We asked the rickshaw driver if he knew where it was. He said yes, so we got a price (50 Rs ~ $1 CND) and climbed in. He pedalled away. However, within 5 minutes he was busy asking directions of people on the street. He had no idea where it was. Sometimes it seems like a waste of time to ask if the drivers (taxis, autorickshaws or rickshaws) know where a place is. They almost invariably say yes, and often have no idea.
This guy was actually pedalling us north when the meditation center was south. Eventually we got within visual distance of the clock tower, which was suppose to be near the meditation center, so we paid the guy off and started walking. The street on the map in the Lonely Planet guide had no meditation center.
There was a lady there in the street. We asked her, but she didn't know either. She invited us to tea though, so we went into her house, borrowed her phone and phoned the number in the guide. No answer. Her husband was able to tell us that it use to be in a large building near by, but it had moved. Oh well. We'll ask around and try again tomorrow. There are hour long meditations each day from 8 - 9.
posted by Jaye | 2:34 PM
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