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Things We Forgot In the Pyre: Wherein We Revisit The Adventure In Our Minds' Eyes And Recap Some Forgotten Moments

1. In Bhaktipur, truly a charming, medieval village (right outside of Kathmandu) wherein, while looking for some stuff to freaking shoot, Charles meets one Art School Confidential, who happily leads us to film in his best friend's home. Yes, there are art school kids in Bhaktipur!

2. Yes, Bertolucci shot in Bhaktipur. As Art School Confidential tells us, "Bertolucci, and now Claire Carre!"

3. At the school in Kathmandu we meet a star/diva in the making: a six year old kid named Nice To Meet You.

4. The older girls are completely dismayed when they ask Charles who his family members are and he only mentions mom, dad, sister, and brother-in-law. They seem certain that Claire must be his bossy wife.

5. And... they tease "look at the pretty girl," as Claire walks into the conversation, a bit confused.

6. The Buddhist Temple: wherein prayer flags flap in the mellow breeze and vegan food calls from the third story of a bookstore/restaurant.

7. How Could We Forget! that en route to Bandipur we rode gondola cable cars to a mountaintop temple. Goats get one-way tickets only on the open cars...ugh...

8. We fly back from Pokhara...and Claire is hit by balloons filled with sewer water. This is getting bad... and so we conclude...

9. The party is over, the sun is up, and the host's parents are home. Time to get the H out of Dodge.

This Is What Happens When You Hand The Locals The Camera

PHOTO RECAP!

1. Board another jet plane.

2. Classic Todd.

To Bandipur And Beyond!

1. Wherein Bandipur, kinda like a good 4 or 5 hours away, turns out to be somewhat less than the idyllic medieval village set in the mountains that Claire and Charles were expecting. Todd captures the moment of hushed disappointment. Yes, this is a dusty football field with goats.

2. And there is no power to get on the internets and check Claire's rough cut.

3. So, we check the maps for alternate options.

4. And decide to soldier on to Pohkara (another 3 hours away).

5. And find ourselves in a decadent colonialist hotel. Fawny and Lovey sport their matching robes. Dahling, the season's over in Nepal, time to move on to Morocco.

6. A decadent colonialist hotel with a wedding party. A very loud wedding party.

7. And Todd and Charles get screwed by the Lonely Planet guide yet again. Yes, the waiter in the darkened restaurant with no power brings Charles NONE of the three or four things he ordered. Charles plots their escape by candlelight.

8. We have to fly back to Kathmandu to make our flight out of Nepal...and get to fly by Everest in a tiny prop plane...while Claire and Todd pose for the Agni Airways promo video.

Additional Vocabulary

1. Future Jank. Also: Futurejank. Def: Technology both futuristic and cobbled together, as seen in better sci-fi films.

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