i arrived in kathmandu this afternoon and am now suffering the culture-shock of this chaotic place. it took me quite awhile to find $ today. all the atms are down due to a telecommunications problem. a nice french couple allowed me to tag along with them to a bank they knew that was more connected. looks like the pics will be few and far between here as the internet is sloooow.

my guest house is muy rustic. the door to my room is locked with a giant padlock on two rickety wooden doors. the place smells like kerosine which means i will probably not last long there. it all works out cause i won’t last long in thamel either. i forgot how nutty this place is.

as you can see from the lack of caps, i’m having a bit of keyboard trouble. half are broken and the keys are worn free of their letters so i’m typing two keys ahead and one back. more later if i find someplace with whole keyboards.

sue borchardt in kathmandu of january 30 where it’s 62 degrees at 4:35… at least i think that’s what time it is. kathmandu has it’s own strange realtionship to greenwhich mean.

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