Having spent quite some time in the car getting to and from the airport and various tourist sights, I have an extensive collection of photos taken from the car. So let’s go shopping in Kathmandu.
We’ll need the basics-hoses, buckets, and large plastic containers to move, carry and store water, along with some cleaning supplies like brooms, mops, and trash cans.
- For sleeping we’ll need a few “blankets” for padding and warmth. We can pick out the material, and the man will make them for us.
We might be able to afford a few basic pieces of furniture.
The place needs some sprucing up, so perhaps we can paint (there are innumerable paint stores to chose from)
and maybe we can fix up the bathroom with some flooring and a new “toilet”. My guide said that when he went to install a Western toilet rather than the kind in the photo below, his father complained bitterly that he would never to able to use such a thing–but once he tried it, he like being able to sit.
For cooking, we’ll need some propane, and we might as well grab some coke while we’re there. Doesn’t that make sense?
Now I’d really like a refrigerator, but you do realize we don’t have electricity at least three hours every day, and usually the rolling blackouts are more frequent and last longer than that. By the way, did you know Hyundai made refrigerators?
No matter if there isn’t electricity all the time, I still want a TV or a DVD player or a computer.
Now I need something to wear. There are lots of tailors who will make exactly what I want, but this shop also has some ready-to-wear, and he does seem to offer a variety of styles.
Of course, I need some “American” shoes
but maybe they might be cheaper here. ” Sweating with more colors?” What does that mean?
Now I have to get around the city, and I’d rather not take the bus. Shall I go used
or new?
Every once in a while there’s an opportunity to splurge, although I think both of these shops are geared toward Westerners living in Kathmandu.
