Shopping in Thamel

Aw, a great way to end an evening. Spending time with loved ones.

Which way do we go? Totally lost in Nepal.

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Leeches, get your leeches!! One for you?

Jules and Kel in one of our fav. stores

Suzi helping Kell choose a hat. Suzi is a precious friend from the country

of Georgia. We just loved sweet Suzi.

Friendly shopkeeper,"you like theeese one?"

Julia, carefully choosing her shawls.

Buzz and Jord, satisfied customers.

Jord and Kel trading in their money. Kel loves those rupees!!

This guy wanted to glue Kelli's shoe. He told her something in Nepali,

and she said yes. Later, Linda told her that he had asked her to marry

him:)

What are they laughing at?

Me and Kel ready for our ric shaw ride.

Kelli and Mom lovin the shopping. Stretching those rupees.

Kel, Jord and Buzz going shopping.

Jyoti, Prashunsa and Aunt Cathy restin our weary selves.

Cathy, Jyoti and silly Prashunsa.

Kel, Buzz, Jord, Jyoti, is that silly Prashunsa? Jules, and me, enjoying

some of that American, Nepali pizza. It really is good.

Kell, Suzi, Julia and me at the Fire and Ice restaurant. They serve a good

pizza. Notice the guard with the gun. Pretty tight security!

Sorta lost, trying to speak Nepali? The taxi driver could not speak English.

This kind girl is translating for us.

Our favorite town was Thamel, very touristy but we loved it. It was like an open market place, bustling with activity, everybody wanting to sell you their wares. (pictures are from a couple different trips) Kelli really got the hang of getting the best deals for her rupees. We took a wild taxi ride, had lunch and shopped till Julia really did almost drop. The worst part is that when the taxi dropped us off, we had never walked to the main road before, sooo we didn't know how to get home and ended up lost. Every thing looks the same in Kathmandu. We hailed another taxi and Julia and Kelli knew the way from the bridge. So, we got off there and walked and walked. Needless to say we were tired when we arrived back at David and Linda's, but a wonderful Americanized Nepali supper (complete with leeches and watermelon!) was waiting for us. We finished the evening with a round of Phase 10 and retired early (Early as in for us) How thankful we were

for the great hospitality.