Niger & Russian coup

[James Curry]

There you go John you aussies have an answer for everything I wonder does the Sheila come with the hat?sorted.jpg

[Rodney Mills]

I spent two weeks in Nepal, about 3days in Katmandu the rest hiking in the foothill of K2, I went with the intentions of hiking in the foothills of Everest, but the monsoons ran late that year and Everest was off limits. My buddy and I hired a guide and 2 porters and took off. It came with tents and one of the porters doubled as a cook and raw products, food stuffs, were bought in the villages as we went through and cooked where we camped for the night. We had to make between Ten and fifteen miles a day. doesn't sound like much, but we were in the Himalayas, end the elevation Knocked you back. The people in the villages we went through were very friendly, the small homes were poor, but the villages were clean, as were the people. There was always bottled water available, and we would only eat cooked food. neither of us got sick and basicly we were living off the local economy,

Katmandu was clean, no modern building other than a couple of the hotels, friendly people, never saw a begger in Nepal, no garbage or dead bodies in the street. Nepal is India's next-door neighbor, as poor as India, but different as day and night. Maybe it's part of their religion, Buddhism vs Hindu?

Cheers, Rodney

[Des Taff Jenkins]

I was in India a number of times all I can say is Putrid, went ashore but never ate the food, I wanted to at least live to middle age.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

There you go John you aussies have an answer for everything I wonder does the Sheila come with the hat?sorted.jpg

My hat is far better than that one.

[j.sabourn]

#24. If you want to get ahead , get a Hat. But it has to be an AKUBRA. Every Australian knows that .
JS

[Ivan Cloherty]

My hat is far better than that one.

I bet the face underneath isn't

[happy daze john in oz]

But Ivan, unlike so many I do not need to take selfies.
I can shave without looking at my face, maybe just as well may not like what I see.

Have three hats, an Acubra, a Squashie and a Fold away.

[David Allan]

I bet the face underneath isn't

I remember during the 1st Indo/Pakistan conflict Sir John Ellerman sent 6 ships with Aid only to find that the Indians would not let the goods ashore until he paid customs duty In Bombay 3rd Engineer had his stereo stolen, he reported it and customs would not let ship depart until he paid customs duty to a large odious custom officer in cash of course said he had imported expensive goods illegaly

[Des Taff Jenkins]

David, with all the Dash paid out in India it should be the richest country in the world and probably is, unfortunately they don't have much of a trickle down .
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Oh but Des they do have trickle down.
Have seen it in the toilets at their airports, believe me it does not just trickle it runs as a pace.