Last Saturday, I found a nice flat near the Blue Horizon Hotel. I have been looking for about 6 weeks with not any luck, so I feel pretty good about my find. I am on the top floor with a view to the mountains. Everybody says, that in the winter, I will be able to see the Himalayas. This is great because most of the tourists who come to this place is too see the Himalayas. This is my 4th visit and I have never even had so much as a glimpse of the mountains. They are shrouded in clouds most of the time and should be called "Hidden Mountains".
My flat has a outdoor balcony and a separate Guest room with attached bath; not that this will get any of my friends here to see me, but, at least, I am prepared. The coming days for India and Nepal could be shaky because the Chinese road to Mt. Everest is almost finished. Now the mountain will be bathed in trash, to put it mildly. Apparently the trekkers are environmentalists only so far as their own personal pleasures go; they are not, generally speaking, eco- whatever with their eyes on the cleanliness of the trails, paths and trekking routes. On a regular basis, tons of trash are taken off of Mt. Everest. There are some that say when the road goes all the way to the Base Camp, it will spell the end to the eco-Everest movement. The numbers of visitors alone, will trash up the moutain.
I am glad I am not a part of the political vaguaries of Nepal either because the future could be fairly unstable.
If all the mountain trekkers go to China, Nepal Trekking will dry up and the trekkers will disappear. They are of a breed that does see or care about the "locals" all around them. So now we shall see.
Got to run; just when I am getting started too.
These are my beginning thoughts for today.
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