Sunday 05/03/17

This morning we had a light breakfast of coffee and toast while the tire of the Jeep was being fixed.  Finally, we were back on the road.  2 hours of bumping around later, we arrived in Besisharar! 

Our driver didn't speak English very well, so we didn't know how we were to explain that 4 of us (guy with a sprained ankle pained full.  Bless his heart..and ankle) were paying half of what we originally agreed on.  Benny and I gave our driver Rs.1000 ($9.65) each and when he corrected us that we still owed him Rs.1000 ($9.65) more, I tried to explain that it wasn't cool that we had to spend the night in Syange because we were low on money; that's why we were paying him half of what we originally agreed on.

He argued that it wasn't his fault so we said he should've been more careful, especially if he knew the roads were "dangerous" like that.  We felt a bit bad, but not really because it wasn't that much of a loss: we knew he was already over charging us a lot.

He was livid and refused to accept the money, so we told him, "we're putting the money right here on the back of the Jeep.  This is our final offer.  Take it or don't."

We walked away to find a bus back to Pokhara.  Some locals told us it'd be coming in 45 minutes, so we just hung out by a cafe.  The Argentinian couple came over 10 minutes or so later, and said the driver wouldn't even acknowledge them.  He sat in the Jeep, locked the door, and pouted, hahaha.  They just put the money (ours included, which was still sitting in the back of the Jeep) under the windshield wiper for him to take "when he was ready".

The bus ride back to Pokhara was Rs.250 ($2.41) and lasted 5.5 hours.  Wasn't my favorite thing, but wasn't too bad.

Bus ticket back to Pokhara

We took a tuktuk back to "main street" Pokhara with a lady Ben sat by on the bus and she paid for it!
It wasn't that expensive, but it sure was nice.

We showered and went to an embroider shop close to ours to pick up some hats I ordered and a pair of pants and a shirt that Ben ordered.  I'm happy with how they look!

Ben doodles this little "Detty" guy sometimes, kind of like a logo for Detty (skate company we want to start?  Still kind of in the first stages): he got him stitched onto a pair of pants and shirt, it looks great.

I got the members of Fong's Basement caps with our names embroidered into them:
Zac "Zac" Ford, Brandon "B" Hill, Will "Bill" Bradshaw, and Tanner "Kent" Kendrick