Kathmandu – Just Another Day in Thamel
September 5, 2005
Thamel Guesthouse 100 NRs
Met a Malaysian girl whom I travelled with for a while in Mongolia, back 3 years ago. Quite surprised to see how she changed. And very good recommendation of cheap and nice Nepali dishes in Thamel area. Won’t write it here, otherwise my diary will be a guidebook of how to spend lazy days in Thamel.
The weather is not so good today, planned to go to Swayambunath. Woke at 5:30, was ready to go at 6, but after seeing the clouds, decided just to linger around. Except some pictures of the homeless children sleeping on street, I didnt make any splendid news today.
Met a local Nepali guy in the evening, and had really nice chat with him. And yes, today is another lazy day in Thamel. (sigh)
Country Guessing Game
It’s a very common game for the touts, guides, shopkeepers to guess the nationality of the tourists in this area. “Japanese?”, “Korean?”, and “Chinese?” are the top guessings for me. Then, “Thailand”, “Singapore”, “Malaysia”, “Filipino”… Uuuurgh, when there is someone who can guess me right? I am INDONESIAN!!! And even when I told them I was from Indonesia, the second day the very same man still asking whether I was from Malaysia 
And now with little bit Hindi/Urdu ability, there are more varieties in guessing. “Are you from Sikkim?” or “Bhutan?” or “Nepali?” are new entries in the guessing range of my nationality now. 😀
That’s sad that nobody can guess that you are Indonesian. Maybe your skin is to fair, haha. You do looks like Chinese (especially your eyes). It’s actually good so that you can get all those ‘local’ prices.
it was a fortune, isn’t it?