Nepal Street Scene -- Surya Benai Bazaar. Pix.

Bill Martino

Bill Martino

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Many have asked what life is really like in Nepal and have asked me to post pix trying to show it.

Here's one -- the Surya Benai Bazaar. The produce shown here is only a couple hours old, gathered fresh every morning and the taste is there. It's not the same stuff you find at your local Safeway.

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
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[This message has been edited by Bill Martino (edited 02-27-2000).]
 
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Uncle Bill I was noticeing the fields in the other pix that must be the source for some of this wonderful looking fresh food.
I got to wondering just what those fields are plowed with?
Are the fields ever allowed to lay fallow and what is used for fertilizer if anything?

I have people ask me if I ever get bord being home or out and about by myself so much.
I tell them that boredom is the sign of an empty mind and that I don't ever recall being bored.
However if there was something I could get bored with, it would be food.

I don't eat nearly as much as I used too, but the only thing we eat out of a box is macaroni and cheese.
We do use canned goods and frozen food and yet we still prefer fresh or home canned or frozen.
I am so very thankful I have a wife from the "old school" that knows how to cook real food.
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I can't for the life of me understand how anyone can stand to eat canned corn and green beans as a steady diet.
Now that I would get bored with and real quick!!!
I guess it's partly being rasied in the time that I was and having an Indin mom who would cook anything that was brought home.
I kinda got in touble once in Florida for cuttin down a Cabbage Palm. It was damned good eatin too!!
Good thing I didn't have a real khukuri back then!! LMRRAO.
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Uncle Bill,

What is the growing season like there? Can fresh things be purchased much of the year, or only during a few "produce" months. My curiosity is probably due to my Grandfathers farmer genes.
 
Uncle, it's a nice pic of nice morning. Guess it was so early lazy Maoists are still in bed...

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If I miss anything remind me.

Fertilizer is generally natural. Did I post pix of the water buffalo along the path out to BirGorkha?

Growing season is year round. Fresh produce is available every day.

Ground is almost never fallow. The soil of the Kathmandu Valley is some of the richest in the world. Even I could grow stuff there and I have not a green thumb but a brown one.

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ
 
Uncle Bill,

Are there many cars around Nepal? There seems to be few vehicals in your pictures?

Will
 
There are too many in the Kathmandu Valley. However, once outside the valley there are very few and very few roads to drive them on.

Mile of footpaths far outweight miles of roads.

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
Himalayan Imports Website
Khukuri FAQ
 
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