Tomorrow I move into my new flat here in Kathmandu. This is the first time since I left Florida in 2004, May 4th to be exact, that I am stopping and living in a place for awhile. If things work out, maybe I will be here for a long time. So far, my trip to Nepal this year has been completely different than any of the previous trips. For starters, I am quite busy all day long. Now I have quite a bit to do on the Internet; and then, there is the visiting with friends and talking over things.
Anyway, my flat is in a real nice neighborhood where, hopefully, there will be less chaos around me. The chaos that is engulfing India and Nepal is really strange. In India, it is packed up everything from trains, buses to hotels; in Nepal it is lots of people still trying to "pretend" about life and politics so they don't have to deal with the Maoist situation in a conflict resolution type of way. It still seems to me that the Maoists are only into intimadation and demands as a way of getting what they want. There are lots of talks, but little negotiating. As a "foreigner" here, I do not understand why they do not bring some kind closure to this issue seeing as how all parties to the conflict have promised the UN that they would keep to their word.
Anyway, tomorrow I am going to move over to the flat and get the last few things for my new home.
So, these are my thoughts for today.
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