Clubbing in Kathmandu!

Another long and fun day. I walked to work for 10 AM (I'm loading a video of the walk to work) and stayed for 2 hours, met with el Nasser about the bio-briquette company. He's been working on a marketing plan this past year.

At 12 we came back to the CECI house for a farewell/welcome celebration for el Nasser, Tessa, Naomi and myself. We received a Nepali greeting and then we each had to stand on a chair, sing a song, dance and make a short speech. gulp. I sang 'Farewell to Nova Scotia' and did a sort-of highland dance...out of my comfort zone...woooo. Then we had a feast, yum.

Afterwards I walked back to work and finding myself still without internet, came back to the CECI office to use their wireless. I'm talking 10-15 kbps folks. It's not easy making websites at that speed :-(

Then in the evening we went out to go to Jazzmandu at this incredibly beautiful oasis in the middle of the city (see my videos), and CLUBBING! Yay! It's all true what they say. The clubs appear out of no where, down dark back alleys behind locked metal doors, up two flights of stairs. And...they're packed! I met a lot of really nice people from Kathmandu and surrounding areas. All of whom said to get out of Kathmandu to Pokhara if I had time. These folks seem to be pretty well off in Nepal, some owned hotels, restaurants, etc. And all very young - the future leaders of Nepal I was told. We went out with this really nice guy who seems to have a lot of pull in Kathmandu. Doors magically opened for him everywhere we went. He owns a really nice restaurant here called Buzz. Actually, it was the first place I went to when I arrived.

Long story short, got home at 2 AM and we were locked out of the CECI house so Naomi climbed over the gate (a tricky maneuver, high gate, spikes on the top, big heavy metal doors). Then, once she got over, the guard appeared from the back of the compound. Security at it's best! I slept until 12. Today, I'm off a wandering...