Did you miss previous post Nepal 1?
Anyway, 2 Mums, 2 sons, 4 backpacks, 8 boots and 8 walking poles got into a jeep, leaving smoggy Kathmandu, intent on fresh hilly adventures.
For a whole 15 minutes.
Until there was a loud noise from under the car, and the clutch stopped clutching.
So we all got out, and were sent up the road to a conveniently-placed shiny Buddhist temple, with 3 huge Buddhas.
“If they can’t fix the jeep within 45 minutes, we get another jeep,” promised our guide.
Fair enough. ‘Go with the flow’ is an essential mantra for travel in a developing country, and I’m happy to say I’m generally pretty good at it.
Plus how could we not be grateful and inspired by these spiritual creations? There were no tourist faces around either, just locals doing their daily prayer practices.
I wouldn’t have described myself as particularly religious, but I was moved to tears at the sight of young and old family members walking clockwise round the figures, whispering affirmations or blessings.
Then I got distracted:
Exactly 44 minutes later we were summoned to our new jeep, including a cheerier driver, all our baggage already transferred, and off we set again.
For a whole 15 minutes.
Until we hit the longest, slowest, bumpiest, horn-tootingiest traffic jam out of the city, which crawled along for an hour and barely went anywhere, except regularly onto the wrong side of the road…
But more of that later.
How do you know they function?
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Haha, good point!
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Im riveted!!
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Then my plan is working 😘
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😃
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Wow!,
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Yes indeed 😃
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That light pole….-aghast-…I was driving into Eltham yesterday and traffic was backed up both ways because the storm had brought down one power line and police and the power company techs were busting a gut to make it safe.
How does the whole rat’s next on that pole not explode???
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How indeed?? And how does anyone fix a fuse or trace a problem to its source? My mind boggles
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Mine too. Makes me realise just how very lucky we are.
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Whenever anything breaks down they probably just hang another cable! 😀
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That is exactly what they do, for sure 🙂
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I have to admit that wiring makes me very nervous!
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Unbelievable isn’t it? But they’re everywhere
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I’m sorry but I’m still freakin out over the power poles!!! xxx
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Yup, that makes two of us
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Nepal – one power pole at a time. 😀
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I promise that’s my last pole picture; the stunning hills are next 🙂
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I love your gobsmacked-ness about ’em! 😀
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Bring on the pole pictures! They look like alien life forms!
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There were so many everywhere 😬
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Hi,
I know the pictured pole well. We were told that it is internet cable which sort of makes sense. I can’t wait to find out if you’re Khumbu or Annapurna bound or maybe neither?
Louise
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There were an awful lot of poles that looked like this one!
We headed up the Tsum Valley- photos coming soon 😍
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Yes there but i know that one well. We stayed at the hotel right behind it and ate in the bakery etc. Looking forward to seeing the photos.
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Wow, that’s an amazing coincidence isn’t it? Small world [of poles] hey? 😊
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We traveled to Zanzibar last year and saw very similar wire nests. They seemingly but inconceivably worked too.
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I couldn’t stop staring at them
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They’re amazing indeed!
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