Posted by: mangale October 7, 2014
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I am very happy for you since you will be home after more than a decade. I went home after 10 years and now I want to go every year. Once you leave the States, you feel more American the closer you get to the home and see more browner skins than you really are. If you get to go via middle east you feel like you are boarding Sajha Bus rather than a Boeing. Once you land the TIA it feels like you just landed in DMV office. When people receive you at the airport you feel like you just came from Saudi Arabia. When you get a Taxi and go though the Traffic you feel like you are in Siraha. When you reach your home, apartment or dera feel very lucky if you get to shower. You get out in the evening and saw a woman selling red hot "Makai", you feel like buying it and ask how much. She will tell you Rs 25 and you go like " WTF, I used to pay Rs 2.50 10 yrs ago." She will stare you down. You want to read " Kantipur" and will be surprised to see that the cost is Rs 10 compared to Rs 2 that you used to pay. Sag ko mutha is Rs 25. Bleeping Halls that we used to take after a khilli of churot is Rs 5 per piece. You throw Rs 5 on the road. Nobody will pick up. You think that you came from America and flash your Iphone 4 in Safa Tempo, the Khalashi will pull out Iphone 5. You go to Thamel with 5 friends to have drink. When the check comes, you feel like you want to take back door and just disappear. You start converting Rs into $$. That being said I still enjoyed my visit. Kathmandu is damn expensive. But if you want to become bhukka tourist you will be if you don't manage your budget. If you want to pick up each and every check whenever you go out, then you are in trouble. Other than that its heaven. First few days you will get overwhelmed with the crowd, traffic, smoke, dust and dirt. When you start riding Micro after you ran out of money and cant afford Taxi then you get used to everything from armpit smells to safa tempo's aunty's big ass on your face, You will enjoy Mandir visits, the sounds of bells and smells of agarbati. Try to spend more time outside the valley like Chitwan, Pokhara (esp Lakeside area), Nagarkot, etc.
I guess I wrote too long. Let me wrap it up. Just have fun, Just be yourself. Don't be too American. Enjoy more time with your family. Dont expect too much and dont let others expect too much from you as well. This is where you belong.
I am very happy for you since you will be home after more than a decade. I went home after 10 years and now I want to go every year. Once you leave the States, you feel more American the closer you get to the home and see more browner skins than you really are. If you get to go via middle east you feel like you are boarding Sajha Bus rather than a Boeing. Once you land the TIA it feels like you just landed in DMV office. When people receive you at the airport you feel like you just came from Saudi Arabia. When you get a Taxi and go though the Traffic you feel like you are in Siraha. When you reach your home, apartment or dera feel very lucky if you get to shower. You get out in the evening and saw a woman selling red hot "Makai", you feel like buying it and ask how much. She will tell you Rs 25 and you go like " WTF, I used to pay Rs 2.50 10 yrs ago." She will stare you down. You want to read " Kantipur" and will be surprised to see that the cost is Rs 10 compared to Rs 2 that you used to pay. Sag ko mutha is Rs 25. Bleeping Halls that we used to take after a khilli of churot is Rs 5 per piece. You throw Rs 5 on the road. Nobody will pick up. You think that you came from America and flash your Iphone 4 in Safa Tempo, the Khalashi will pull out Iphone 5. You go to Thamel with 5 friends to have drink. When the check comes, you feel like you want to take back door and just disappear. You start converting Rs into $$. That being said I still enjoyed my visit. Kathmandu is damn expensive. But if you want to become bhukka tourist you will be if you don't manage your budget. If you want to pick up each and every check whenever you go out, then you are in trouble. Other than that its heaven. First few days you will get overwhelmed with the crowd, traffic, smoke, dust and dirt. When you start riding Micro after you ran out of money and cant afford Taxi then you get used to everything from armpit smells to safa tempo's aunty's big ass on your face, You will enjoy Mandir visits, the sounds of bells and smells of agarbati. Try to spend more time outside the valley like Chitwan, Pokhara (esp Lakeside area), Nagarkot, etc.
I guess I wrote too long. Let me wrap it up. Just have fun, Just be yourself. Don't be too American. Enjoy more time with your family. Dont expect too much and dont let others expect too much from you as well. This is where you belong.