| The strange, the odd and the scary |
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| Two bikes, Two cities, 1200 kilometers, One goal: change the world by teaching kids to read |
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| On Day 1, as we sat in front of the Dali Lama's Potala Palace - contemplating the majesty of the building, the significance of the history and the thought of the 80 or so kilometers in front of us for the day, a strange thing happened. The staff from a chinese fast food restaurant came out into the square, did a few exersises and then went running together - in full restaurant uniform. They were led by their manager, who is no doubt a sterling leader and rather fit. |
| Not so much strange as incredibly interesting. 'Sky Burials,' are part of the tradition in Nepal. Here, the dead are placed onto a burning bonfire and their ashes sent into the sky. Whatever is left is pushed into the river. |
| Maybe you had to be there to think so, but the situation at left is very odd. Below: We saw a lot of peole carrying a lot of things like the woman in Bombay on the left. But the strangest of all has to be the guy in Kathmandu carrying the couch. When I took this picture, we were leaving the scene of a quickly erupting riot. He, however, obviously had a delivery to make and was not going to be put off by a few rocks and teargas! |
| There isn't much power in Tibet. But there is plenty of sunshine. And this is how almost everyone boils water for tea...using huge butterfly like solar panels with a teapot suspended just above by iron rods. When the panals are directed just so, the sun heats up the kettle within 10 minutes. Pretty impressive stuff and Nicoals burned his hand a bit by putting it into the path of the sunlight. |
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