2006-01-20

Day curfew in the Valley

I think this Kamal Thapa is a wonderful camel: if he didn't do this daytime curfew, we would have the 1,000 dead I predicted!!!
They should charge the O3 and his attack poodle MKN with sedition and give them 20 years and a hammer and send them to Humla breaking big stones for the roads they neglected to build in 12 years of their accursed PM-ship!!!
People in general seem to enjoy an extra day-off, some, like my 'amrikan frens', went for a hike on the surrounding hills. And the city can enjoy a day-off of smoking TATAs and HERO HONDAs too!

Update 16:30 Looking from the terrace, listening to BBC World on the 'net, watching the afternoon TV-News shows. All is quite is in Valley... only sporadic exercise with M-16's from neraby barracks. Accroding to my unmentioned 'frens', the same is giong on at the APF barracks bellow Maharjgunj on the other side of the Valley - maybe to let people know that they are "ready"- for anything... And the hapless tourists, walking the 4 km to the airport with huge backpacks. Latest from the Palace friendly (controlled) NTV: the Tourist Police woke-up to the fact, and there were phone nos. to call and shuttle buses from all major hotels, from Hyatt in north (Boudha) to Oberoi in south and Himalaya in Patan, and of course from Thamel-area.
Another day in life of the Kingdom is slowly ending - but 18:00 is quickly approaching, and hungry hordes will hit the streets, and lights will go out, may still get tricky!

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