I booked a nice room through Air BnB in the nearby city of Patan, one of the three royal cities in Nepal. My host is an ambitious, intelligent, young Nepalese man who went to college in New Orleans. He is involved in several projects, including teaching American students who come to Nepal for a gap Read More …
Category: Shopping
The Business of Shopping
I’ve experienced shopping on four different continents, but nothing is quite like the experience of shopping in India. Bargaining is much like I’ve found elsewhere, but vendors use many strategies to get you to buy their goods. Most of all, they are persistent. It’s hard to shake them off, as evidenced by the shrinking space Read More …