washed and settled in kathmandu

well, i'm here!

couldn't resist this all-too-green view of the kathmandu valley (it's monsoon time and it looks more cloudy and more green then in the picture), and stopped in the city for a day or two to taste some samsara before i leave this world for a while.
i feel great, clean and settled; even caught a most beneficial 3 hours sleep at the vip lounge at delhi airport (it takes 3 shekels to become a vip in india).

flight was just fine, and i got pleasant company on my way: a cute young israeli having a pre-military-service month in india at amman airport, and then in the flight to delhi i sat with rifaat, a half lebenese half mexican druze musician who lives in delhi, and plays at ashok hotel. he just returned from his half slovanian half jordanian fiancé who is supposed to join him in delhi soon. we enjoyed special treatment and extra PIZUCHIM on the house, since i soon discovered that the whole aircrew are big fans of him, and whenever in delhi they wouldn’t miss his spectacular hindi-spanish-arabic music shows. at the hight of 35,000 feet, he shared with me the ayur-vedan secrets of the black indian stone, which when used in the proper time, the proper place and with the proper intentions, raises man’s sexual potency to unheard of heights!

i had a few more chances to pip into different worlds - the bird-sight show began with the yellow-brown jordanian desert at sunset, and ended contrastingly with the magnificent himalayan foothills. i could also get some taste of india as a promo. i recalled how different things can be when the indian air-waitress (i know, i know, there's a word for this...) warned me about the exotic lemon juice i have just ordered ("don't worry sir, it's supposed to be sour"), of course she felt no need to mention that it came with salt and masala (an indian spice mixture)...

it's getting late. time for me to do the city.