We enjoyed two days with Peter and a few of his boys. The Castle (Nepali’s pronounce the ‘t’), is a charming self-proclaimed chateau owned and operated by Joe (British expat), with an authentic pub for hotel patrons, Wi-Fi and Tauny Port—our home away from home while in Pokhara.
On the first day we checked out the local cuisine—pizza! We tried on every Nepali traditional hat laughing as we went shop to shop with some of the clever lads. However, the most impressive highlight was our tour of Bandipur and the Notre Dame school, where the brightest of the “untouchable” kids (most impoverished, young capable kids that society has chosen to forget), flourish with nurturing and access to education—young “Pretty Bee” will be attending next year, another of Peter’s young boys. After the action packed 48 hours the boys presented me with a surprise cake and candles at the Chinese restaurant in Pokhara on the actual day I turned 50—as I write this it sounds like the beginning of a very odd film… to be enjoyed
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