Last night, talking to friends who are engaged in tourism in Nepal we have seen how difficult it is to find fancier places, or high accommodation standards, despite the natural beauty of this country.
If in Europe, or even better, in the United Arab Emirates, there were the highest mountains of the world, the breathtaking landscapes and unspoiled nature that are in Nepal ...
This small country in the middle of Asia would be very rich.
With the spirit of sacrifice and the predisposition to the hard work of the Nepalese, Nepal would become a tourist attraction for every citizen of the world, not only for climbers, ex-hippies or the yoga fanatics.
But the Nepali people, perhaps by excluding some wealthy younger ones, they have the spirit of sacrifice in the blood. Hot water? Why? They are already happy to finally have water in homes (almost all houses in the city have, coming from wells in certain specific situations and in the villages), they do not need to have even warm water .
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| THE SMALL BLACK SQUARE ON THE LEFT IS A WELL. |
Why build wells detected with an edge, as they did in medieval European cities? Well, at last, is only a deep hole, just be careful not to fall into it when you let down the bucket ...
Why use a broom with a broomstick when the bunch of twigs is alredy a broom itself?
The lady who is cleaning is forced to be bent, but does not seem disappointed. This photos are taken from the window of my house, looking at the house across the street, but from every side I turn, I see in the morning bent ladies who clean the porch.
And the curious thing is that the "didi" (literally "sister" in Nepali, name wich is respectfully attributed to anyone who helps in a family) who cleans the stairs of the building, could easily use my normal broom, she knows she can take it... but her bunch of twigs seems to clean better!
Why use a bucket and a "washing board" as my grandmother did?
The Nepalese are so agile ... Very often you see people crouching like the man in the picture, it is the normal position to do laundry.
Up to now it's been a year that I'm here and still do not understand.
