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I have spent about 3 years of my life there, not all at once due to the need to move around, and the visa restrictions as well. It was max 4 months in one year but i could always get a new passport in another country and without the visa stamps in my new passport i could get in for another 4 months.
The place is amazing i will never forget the first time i went in 89 flying in above or next to a mountain range that is home to 8 of the 12 highest mountains in the world
The plane stops on the tarmac and you walk down a metal stair and then walk to the terminal. It was about mid day and there was a man lying in a patch of grass sleeping right there between the runway and the terminal.
Something about that i really liked, and i was about to see many peeps of all ages sleeping anywhere they felt tired
The place is a time warp!!!
It is very cheap even with the dollar as bad as it is. well it can be cheap, but if you are not wise it could cost you much more than it should.
All vendors of anything & everything will overcharge as much as they can, so getting a good price for things is an art. Yes there are a few exceptions but not many.
The last time i was there was Feb 2004 the rebel movement was kicking off and all communication was shut down for about 10 days and lots of curfews. I stayed in the city where it was safer but i hadn't planned on trekking anyway. The maoist rebels had been causing violence for about the last 10 years so it had changed things politically, Nepal was always full of unrest but until the maoist things were less violent as the protesters were not armed.
I always felt safe in Nepal while in the mountains or in the city. Not to say there is no risk but comparing to how i have felt on some American streets i have always felt safe.
The police won't bother you unless they are gonna profit from it
so you should be WISE. Never flash money, even if you have loads you don't carry it or talk about it; Cry Poverty; and don't be too generous if you are over generous or they know you have wedge but if they feel like you are loaded they can get greedy and you will most likely be taken advantage of. Trust me on that one!!!
The Weed:
Most of what you see growing is just that, a weed. It grows wild and isn't very good.
If you see it being cultivated then you have another story. They have many indicas and sativas as well as many methods of growing and harvesting. These vary mostly due to the area since they have many altitudes and micro climates.
They have many grades of hash from the worst thing i have ever smoked to the Finest i have ever smoked.
The first time i bought 1 kilo in 90 it cost me $40 and was top gear, not the best but it was really top gear, very Squigy like playdough and a dark color outside and a lighter color inside that had reddish or caramel hints inside. Sorry cant really describe the smell but when you burn it there was a very spicy/sweet smell, but when you smoke it the spice was prominent. Massive expansion!!! A very up long lasting visual and body buzz. It could glue ya to the couch if ya smoke too much
The same guy later tried selling me less quality for more money and eventually ripped me off all together, when i said i was unhappy with what he brought. After i had it a few days and he knew i was unhappy he told me he could exchange it for a better one so i gave him the gear and never saw him again
The best hash i ever got in Nepal was from an older hippy who lived there
Up until 96 i was paying $500 for some really primo hand rubbed Nepalese from the old dude
This stuff was just like the other stuff that i used to get but the smell was very similar to the kind and it usually had a dark green/red color when broken open or I should say pull it apart because it doesn‘t break it will just bend. That’s why they call it squigy, if it isn’t squigy don’t buy it, you should be able to take 2 separate pieces and mould them into 1 with ease. Not to say all squigy is good though.
It was hand rubbed and then pressed into 250 gram bars about a1/2" thick, very clean if you look at it with a loop you will see only trics you should not be able to see any black specks. You could easily bend the bars.
The best time to get this hash fresh was jan/feb not oct/nov
Their are many harvest times due to the many micro climates but the best stuff i ever got there was ready earliest jan/feb.
Sorry I cant help you with what valley this came from the ole dude wasn’t given up that info but i can tell you about a very cool place to go have a smoke with a babba
You should be able to get good hash all year though, you will just have to look harder and insist on quality. Just because you go in jan/feb it does not mean you will get the goods It's a game the street vendors Love
Pashupatinath not sure about the spelling but it's a place with many temples on a river (they do creamations there so you might not like that vibe) and lots of Sadhus hang out there.
If you go around the back up over a hill you will drop down to a place that is off the tourist trail you could say Sadhu Babbas live in small dwellings and caves if you go there and just sit by the really nasty river even though you are upstream from the creamations it's nasty!!! (sorry but Nepal is not a clean place) i would be suprised if you were not invited in to a cave for some tea and a chillum.
If you are take off your shoes!!! and Babbas like to smoke chillums not spliffs but we did bring a really nice bong once and a few had a go. But it is really important that the senior babba lights up first and they wont use a lighter or even a match it will be lit from a cinder of a burning hemp roap. A very cool way so spend the afternoon/evening.
This is a cool link with info on the Eden Hashish Center that was closed when the US threatened to cut off aid if Nepal didn't outlaw the plant; so in 73 it was outlawed and the Eden Hashish Center was closed
http://edenhash.com/
All in All Nepal is a great place to visit, and i hope you all get there one day.
Peace
I have spent about 3 years of my life there, not all at once due to the need to move around, and the visa restrictions as well. It was max 4 months in one year but i could always get a new passport in another country and without the visa stamps in my new passport i could get in for another 4 months.
The place is amazing i will never forget the first time i went in 89 flying in above or next to a mountain range that is home to 8 of the 12 highest mountains in the world
The plane stops on the tarmac and you walk down a metal stair and then walk to the terminal. It was about mid day and there was a man lying in a patch of grass sleeping right there between the runway and the terminal.
Something about that i really liked, and i was about to see many peeps of all ages sleeping anywhere they felt tired
The place is a time warp!!!
It is very cheap even with the dollar as bad as it is. well it can be cheap, but if you are not wise it could cost you much more than it should.
All vendors of anything & everything will overcharge as much as they can, so getting a good price for things is an art. Yes there are a few exceptions but not many.
The last time i was there was Feb 2004 the rebel movement was kicking off and all communication was shut down for about 10 days and lots of curfews. I stayed in the city where it was safer but i hadn't planned on trekking anyway. The maoist rebels had been causing violence for about the last 10 years so it had changed things politically, Nepal was always full of unrest but until the maoist things were less violent as the protesters were not armed.
I always felt safe in Nepal while in the mountains or in the city. Not to say there is no risk but comparing to how i have felt on some American streets i have always felt safe.
The police won't bother you unless they are gonna profit from it
so you should be WISE. Never flash money, even if you have loads you don't carry it or talk about it; Cry Poverty; and don't be too generous if you are over generous or they know you have wedge but if they feel like you are loaded they can get greedy and you will most likely be taken advantage of. Trust me on that one!!!The Weed:
Most of what you see growing is just that, a weed. It grows wild and isn't very good.
If you see it being cultivated then you have another story. They have many indicas and sativas as well as many methods of growing and harvesting. These vary mostly due to the area since they have many altitudes and micro climates.
They have many grades of hash from the worst thing i have ever smoked to the Finest i have ever smoked.
The first time i bought 1 kilo in 90 it cost me $40 and was top gear, not the best but it was really top gear, very Squigy like playdough and a dark color outside and a lighter color inside that had reddish or caramel hints inside. Sorry cant really describe the smell but when you burn it there was a very spicy/sweet smell, but when you smoke it the spice was prominent. Massive expansion!!! A very up long lasting visual and body buzz. It could glue ya to the couch if ya smoke too much
The same guy later tried selling me less quality for more money and eventually ripped me off all together, when i said i was unhappy with what he brought. After i had it a few days and he knew i was unhappy he told me he could exchange it for a better one so i gave him the gear and never saw him again
The best hash i ever got in Nepal was from an older hippy who lived there
Up until 96 i was paying $500 for some really primo hand rubbed Nepalese from the old dude
This stuff was just like the other stuff that i used to get but the smell was very similar to the kind and it usually had a dark green/red color when broken open or I should say pull it apart because it doesn‘t break it will just bend. That’s why they call it squigy, if it isn’t squigy don’t buy it, you should be able to take 2 separate pieces and mould them into 1 with ease. Not to say all squigy is good though.
It was hand rubbed and then pressed into 250 gram bars about a1/2" thick, very clean if you look at it with a loop you will see only trics you should not be able to see any black specks. You could easily bend the bars.
The best time to get this hash fresh was jan/feb not oct/nov
Their are many harvest times due to the many micro climates but the best stuff i ever got there was ready earliest jan/feb.
Sorry I cant help you with what valley this came from the ole dude wasn’t given up that info but i can tell you about a very cool place to go have a smoke with a babba
You should be able to get good hash all year though, you will just have to look harder and insist on quality. Just because you go in jan/feb it does not mean you will get the goods
It's a game the street vendors LovePashupatinath not sure about the spelling but it's a place with many temples on a river (they do creamations there so you might not like that vibe) and lots of Sadhus hang out there.
If you go around the back up over a hill you will drop down to a place that is off the tourist trail you could say
Sadhu Babbas live in small dwellings and caves if you go there and just sit by the really nasty river even though you are upstream from the creamations it's nasty!!! (sorry but Nepal is not a clean place) i would be suprised if you were not invited in to a cave for some tea and a chillum.If you are take off your shoes!!! and Babbas like to smoke chillums not spliffs but we did bring a really nice bong once and a few had a go. But it is really important that the senior babba lights up first and they wont use a lighter or even a match it will be lit from a cinder of a burning hemp roap. A very cool way so spend the afternoon/evening.
This is a cool link with info on the Eden Hashish Center that was closed when the US threatened to cut off aid if Nepal didn't outlaw the plant; so in 73 it was outlawed and the Eden Hashish Center was closed
http://edenhash.com/
All in All Nepal is a great place to visit, and i hope you all get there one day.
Peace
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