Day 4: Gifts, Dirtbikes, and TRAFFIC!

Dil Subedi, our wonderful "Sherpa" for our upcoming trek met us on his dirt bike at the Hotel Manang so we could visit and deliver gifts from his good friend in Spokane, Doug Kelley, along with the turning signals he wanted us to bring from the US. We will later learn that a dirt bike is the ONLY way to get within a quarter mile from his home!?  Then we tagged along on all kinds of errands for the HealthEd Connect team - to the bank, the nutrition center, and a lawyer - on foot and taxi with Pinkey and Binod, the Nepali contacts. We truly experienced the traffic from many angles in Kathmandu. All I can say is...YIKES! The video below does not do it justice. As we are dashing through the city, Binod would "show up" on his motorbike, right next to our taxi - to give directions, check in, chat with the driver, etc.  Made me think of a cartoon!  No lights, no crosswalks, no stop signs, opposite lane driving - and six lanes of bikes, trucks, cars, buses, and pedestrians - on a two lane road. Vern's scariest moment was riding in the front seat on the first day...glad it was him, not me!