the day I became a communist

well, not exactly, but Kate and I went to the village where Kate did her volunteer work for 2 weeks and stayed with a family. While we were there the Maoists announced victory in Nepal's election. They drove around in trucks covered in red and waving the communist flag. We watched them and took pictures. Then we started seeing in a capitalist v. communist bout who would win. We asked the Maoist supporters if we could buy the shirt they were wearing. We got no takers, but did get given 2 Maoist hats. We are totally going to rock those hats on the trail and see if we can get out of paying the Maoist "tax." we have walked around Kathmandu some, went to Godawari (Kate's home stay village), and we are now in the Tibetan exiles town of Budha. I think we are going to see the monkey temple and then head off to do the trek, but the Delhi airport also has flights to Kabul and Kuwait, so. . .

Peace out

"I'll see you at the airport, unless the maoists lose the election" were the last words I heard from Kate on Wednesday. I fly out of Sydney for a marathon 24 hours of flying to get to Kathmandu on Saturday morning. Kate and I don't actually have any plans except at some point to do the annapurna curcuit, which is a 300 km (186 mile) trek over about 21 days. The highest place we cross is a mountain pass called the Throng La at 5416m (17873 ft).

Talk to everyone in about a month or so!