tongba frenz...

from left : amlesh, me, pankoj,sean, niren who is pankoj's uncle and sk, shrestha is not in picture

this entry is dedicated to my tongba frenz...amlesh, pankoj, shrestha whom i met at a nepalese restaurant in chabahil...one late nite....at about 9pm...it was quite late in nepal as most of the shops would be closed by 9pm....i finished using the internet at the internet cafe...had to leave as the internet cafe was closing....so i left and went in search for food...haven had my dinner yet...if i go back to my room i would have nothing to eat...luckily there is still one restaurant which is opened but looks almost closing....it says momo restaurant on its signboard....i went in and asked if there was momo...i wanna haf momo...the nepalese gal told no more momo...only haf chow mian...disappointed...i walked out hoping to find momo at another place but think my chance was very slim...so in the end i decided to go back to the momo restaurant and asked for chow mian and a cup of tea....while waiting for my chow mian to be cooked...i was wondering wat the 3 guys in front of me were drinking...there are a lot of berry like pea size beads filling up the whole mug....the pea sized berry looked-a-like beads looked tasty....i thot can eat one....so i asked the restaurant owner what are they drinking but she could not reallie communicate in english....the guys who were drinking told me that is a kind of tibetan drink called tongba....hmmm....tibetan drink...i like....so i oso ordered one to try...my tongba came...and i boldly took a sip....took one sip...and realized it is alcohol....oops....ohhh....then i told i dun drink alcohol and would like to give up my drinks to the 3 guys who are enjoying the drink so much....the 3 guys were laughing....and actuallie the "beads" cannot be eaten one....hahahaha.....so i found out wat is tongba...and made 3 tongba frenz....introduced my tongba frenz to sean and sk when they returned to nepal too...the above foto was taken when we were about to leave nepal...having nepalese hot tea by the road side....it was very cold....but it was very memorable.....