Today (4th november) started out with a "social structures in Asia"-class. Here we heard of the Caste System and how it works. It was quiet interesting, but also alarming how much it affects people. When you are a dallit, you are untouchable, and some from the higher castes will not have anything to do with you. Sometimes they will not even drink from the same water system as a dallit.
Then after lunch we had our first Nepali class, taught by Kaji. Therefore i feel (almost comfortable) saying: Mero naam Kathrine ho. Tapai ko naam ke ho? (My name is Kathrine. What is your name?) Getting to know the Nepali language a bit was very funny, but also very challenging. The word we thought meant "banana" actually means donkey!
In the afternoon we had some free time and we went to Thamel, some by taxi some by foot. Thamel is truely an area with lots of tourists and the atmosphere is very chaotic. It is like one big bazaar, but unlike many other bazaars the traffic is just as crazy inside Thamel as outside. In Thamel we also had our first meeting with the lesser organized way of handling things. We were going to book a trip to The Last Resort and more than one hour "quickly" passed away before anything was booked. We were waiting and waiting and were not even sure our wishes could be fulfilled. Though in the end it all fell into order, and we went home excited to leave for The Last Resort the next morning.
/Kathrine November 2011.
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