Thanks for your support!

FYI, we ARE eating, me the most. I actually think I haven’t lost more than 6-7 lbs. The photo in the Bhutanese Camp blog makes me look thinner than reality I think. I’m encouraging Drew and Jim to eat more daily, but they refuse. They’re not sickly or too thin though either =).

I think one big change in our diets since arriving in India/Nepal is very little meat, maily due to people warning us about getting very sick from the sub-continent’s meat, less meat around due to Hinduism, and the drastically cheaper price for a vegetarian diet. We do, however, usually have egg omlettes daily to make up for protein, and the dal (lentils) is also a protein source.

Most of the time in the rural areas, we eat the standard food the locals eat, “Dal Baht”, or rice and dal, with a potato (and sometimes califlower) curry (vegetarian). Its the cheapest food budget we’ve had yet, at 30 Nepali Rupees (US$0.50; 4 Yuan) a person. Its all you can eat, so I usually have 2 or 3 heaping plates, while Drew sometimes has 2, and Jim usually 1. In Pokara and Kathmandu, of course there is plenty of western food for much more expensive prices, though we did find hamburgers for US$1.25 which is quite good.

Jim’s infected leg is all healed up.

Animals, mostly just birds.

There certainly are plenty of cultural stresses, Rod, you’re right. I’ll try to be more aware of this to have more patience both for myself, and for those I’m bargaining with who are trying to over charge a tall tourist in an over commercialized tourist area, such as Pokhara, Nepal.

Peace,
Peter