This morning we started by dropping off our rented goods, ie., the motorcycles and the sleeping bags. When we rented the motorcycles the guy told us that we had 50% insurance (he would pay for half of all repairs and parts and we would pay the other half). Robbie's bike had some serious maintenance done to it. Of course, they guy refused to pay the full 50% saying that the battery and repair prices were too high (we saved the old parts and brought the receipt). After arguing with the guy for close to an hour, we decided to turn to the police. Luckily, most of the countries I have been to and will be visiting rely heavily on tourism, so the police are very nice and are always willing to help you. Once we told him this, he didn't budge. After the police had been alerted and on their way, he then decided to pay the full 50% if we told the police not to come.
When I was in India, one of the ladies I was traveling with complained to me that I was trying to get around 30 US cents back that they over charged me for for a meal. She was asking me if it was really worth all the fuss? If I were just traveling for a couple weeks or a month then getting ripped off a couple US cents a day is not that big of a deal; however, when you are traveling for close to a year, it really adds up. That 30 cents today can accumulate to $5 in a month. That $5 is a night or two in a hostel in South East Asia. Then in a couple months it becomes $20. If you continually let yourself get scammed and do nothing about it then that's your own fault. There is a saying that keeps me aware of this, "a penny saved is a penny earned." In other words, no matter what you save, whether big or small, you are saving none the less.
The rest of the day was spent hanging out with our local friend in Kathmandu. The weather was terrible, cloudy with on and off rain, so we didn't get to see any of the sights in Kathmandu.
We spent the rest of the night packing and preparing ourselves for the day long flight from Kathmandu to Ha Noi, Vietnam while an 18 hour layover in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia on a Friday night should be a lot of fun!
Back to no pictures until I wipe my iPad
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