December 25, 2000

got into thamel at 5am
as the kid looked up, said you've got a school pen?

found a hotel and woke the man up.
i said you got a double...and he said yup.

so davi and i unpacked our bags
slipped under the covers and threw off our rags.

we tried to sleep but the dogs were barking
rickshaws honking, bad music, no parking.

woke up the next day and stepped outside
hashish, tiger balm, you wanna take a trek sometime?

we spent our nights watching pirated movies about everest
tofu lasanga, momos, chow mein, it wasn't the best.

we had some mexican food christmas eve night
then davi looked down and said my bags not in sight.

spent the rest of the week looking for our tickets and travellers checks
strikes, riots and burning tires made us a wreck.

so we got out of town and headed to the borderlands
rafting, fire pois, and neil young then put us on the mend.

came back after 4 days in the sun and the bar
i wasn't feeling so good so i bought a guitar.

downloaded some songs off the internet
ran back to my hotel room and played my first set.

next day we went to the burmese embassy in patan
the guy in the garage said you gotta change $200 if you wanna see the budda mon.

so i strolled over to the golden temple to watch the monks pray
take off your leather shoes and don't forget to pay.

payed a 100 rupees...got dumped on hawkers row
konichiwa, yes please madam, where do you want to go?

fell back to my bed to play another last song
davi got her air tickets, and i knew it wouldn't be long.

so i have to spend 1 more night in this place we call pottersville
walking the gauntlet,... namaste sir...welcome to thamel!