KATHMANDU
driver of this red car so they were chattering away and the next thing we know we are told to get our stuff out of the car, and the Chinese couple said that the car was for them and our car would be along in a few minutes. Great we thought, at least there won’t be 6 of us crammed in it for the next 4 hours or so, off they went and we sat on bags and admired the view, sure enough another car came along and so did our man, they had a bit of a chat then the next minute the our man said ‘where are the Chinese couple’ and we said ‘oh they’ve gone off in the other car’ to which our man blew his stack and shouted at us to get in the car, he grabbed my bag off me slung, it into the boot and we all jumped into the car, which was an old Toyota Corolla, it was that old it had wing mirrors on the front of it! So there we were me, Rob and 4 others, never in my life I have ever heard 4 people talk so fast, there were loads of hand gestures and we could tell they weren’t particularly happy about the fact the
Chinese couple had gone off in the other car, our man was shouting they owe me money, lets go find them. He kept asking us what car it was and without further ado the driver put his foot to the floor and we were off haring around corners at break neck speeds - it was like something out of a film, it was totally bizarre Rob was assuring me that they were good drivers and not to worry but I can honestly say I didn’t feel particularly reassured or safe! To be fair he was a very good driver but never-the-less I did have my eyes firmly shut for a part of the journey! Thankfully the red car came into sight and the talking got more irate, we were both really hoping that this would be resolved peacefully, but before we had time to finish our thinking we had sped past and road blocked the other car, with all 4 men leaping out of the car I’m sure before it had even stopped properly! Honestly it was the most film like thing I had ever been involved in and is now really funny! The red car stopped and everyone