Lessons Learned

Don't hire sleeping bags nor puffa jackets

Don't sleep in rooms with no windows

Always take an emergency blanket

Beat the mule train

Sit at back of jeep – this is better for jumping

Sit at left side of bus roof in crouched position – this is better for jumping

don't leave your posh flip flops next to the hot springs in the dark

bring a pipe and laxatives

sitting behind bus driver = face of phlegm

don't rub tiger balm on sunburnt nose

don't moisturise the locals, give them itch cream

Don't let Rachael near your stuff

Concentrate on game rules

Apple crumble on the mountain = apples in milky soup

don't cut off your circulation with your hair band/ cause + effect = elephantitis

Don't chase German lesbians after dark

Collect 26 people for bus journey

If you reach your destination alive you are lucky

Mind the goats/ snow leopard – prepare and make yourself big!

Hire Yann to redesign your Nepalese room and move your bed

Don't drive cranes over cliffs

Ensure your bus driver has started puberty before he drives your jeep down the treacherous mountain track

don't ask police silly questions

Always be yourself and keep quiet in large groups

Don't buy cheap gangrene rings

Don't squirt ketchup on the Chinese

Never tell Thai women your real name and address

Always pick up random foreign porters to sing in the wind down the lunar valley

Don't steal apples from old ladies

When the villagers come around dancing lock yourself in your room.

Don't encourage bad tourism by paying people on demand for things you didn't ask for (feet washing, spontaneous dancing, tikka on the forehead, guided tours, random information).

Always question peoples' motives.
 

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