View from Ghorepani -- part II

Bill Martino

Bill Martino

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Here's a then and now comparison pix.

Top pix is Kami's trekking and mountaineering shop the way it looked in about 1983. He's since moved on to bigger and better things. The two Sherpa gals outside are Dicksung and Sanu, Yangdu's younger sisters. Sanu and Kami were married at the time but later and somewhat sadly divorced. But I still view Kami as a brother and the kids as nephews. I didn't divorce them along with Sanu.

Bottom pix was taken in Kami's apartment in Chetrapati. Dinner time. The kid on the far left wearing the baseball cap is none other than BirGorkha manager, Gelbu. Next kid going right is Kaji who appears in the original "view from Ghorepani" thread pix. Third kid is Pemba, youngest son. And there's Kami trying to get the dinner under control. I'm taking the pix.

I used to carry Kaji and Pemba around the streets of Kathmandu on my shoulders. Don't think I could do that today.
 
Isn't it amazing how quickly those little tikes grow up. Next time you talk with Gelbu tell him ALL the forumites think that he was a very cute kid. Are mountaineering supply houses a good business to be in?
 
Trekking, mountaineering, and supplies for both has been a mainstay in the Nepali economy since the country opened up to outsiders some 50 years ago.
 
Great Pix, Uncle! Man, Dinner sure looks good! Do you remember what was on the menu? How different/ Similar is Nepali receipes to Indian Food? Heidi and I love Indian food and I was just "curry"ous! WAA-HEE -HEE! :D

-Craig
 
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When I was not much younger I used to be able to really put the food away, nowadays just one country style rib and some tater salad will do it for me, along with a cold beer or two of course.;)

Bro you said it has been about 50 years ago since Nepal was opened to the outsiders.
How do you think that has helped or not helped the Nepali People?

I know in the South American countries it has been very detrimental to the ndn peoples living in the forest, but then again Nepal hasn't opened up the country to mining and such have they?
 
The food looks like the standard fare of curried chicken, rice and lentils.

When Nepal opened the door to outsiders it was the loss of innocence. There has been considerable "progress" made in Nepal in the last 50 years but it seems we always pay a very high price for progress.
 
I found a site (buried deeply in the links from severaa others) which had several Nepali recipes, with very complete instructions. Most appeared to be just a tad spicey for what I'm allowed nowadays, but several were attractive, especially one "party roll" of many ingredients. The author suggested using several helpers, due to the hcopping, grinding and mixing operations that had to be carried on simultaneously - it sounded as if the final result would have been well worth the effort. My photographic memory is still out of film, and I can't even recall the name of the food, but they are served to guests at large functions, and I'd even mug someone for an invitation to get some of these :p
 
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