First of all, i went to Kathmandu to claim my $1000 worth of prizes. i got a $600 rain jacket, which may seem silly, but it's pretty sweet. i also got a fleece jacket, a sleeping bag, a cooler, some gloves and a water bottle. it doesn't seem like much, but i'm pretty happy with my purchases.
around 3pm i went to the police station for questioning about the bridge jumping accident, so that was interesting. the policemen were oddly friendly, making jokes and casual conversation- not something i'd expect in the US. i was there for about 2 hours, but i got some snacks that were pretty good, so i wasn't going to complain.
So, finally i had a couple of encounters with some kiwis that i found quite entertaining. one guy asked me if there were cowboys out on the open range, and some other guys asked me if i owned a gun. and here's my absolute favorite, "so you're from texas, why aren't you fat?" HAH! classic. i told myself i'd mess with these people and go along with it, but i didn't... next time for sure. i also had a nice long conversation with a kiwi about politics. it was so awesome, in a funny way. he pretty much bashed everything about our government- from iraq to bush to obama. it was interesting to finally get one of "those" opinions. this time, i had fun encouraging him.. but then again, maybe i should have been an obnoxious american... hmm... i'm devising some devious plans for future conversations... oh, and he also talked about how racist americans are. he goes, "texas, that's pretty racist eh?" anyways it was quite an interesting conversation.
Now that's some good stuff, Shelly! Keep it coming :) Fat, open range, guns...boy, you're getting 'em all, aren't you!!!
ReplyDeleteWait till they tell you that you like killing people because Texas has the death penalty. Yikes! We would get that in the Caribbean in countries whose total population was less than Texas' prison population.
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