Day 63 - Shopping in Thamel & A Much Needed Barber Appointment

Today started like most days in Thamel for us.

A sleep in and a morning walk to find a cafe that has wifi,  coffee and breakfast, this morning's cafe was called Bon Appetite. We normally spend a couple of hours at our morning cafe sharing the computer, trying to catch up on the mountainous volume of computer work.  After we left Bon Appetite, Tom was approached in the street by a barber who was gesturing at his head while stating "too long too long" haha. This was enough to get Tom's attention who was getting increasingly frustrated with his long hair and beard after 81 days of growth. I left him in the hands of the barber while I went back to the hotel room to read my book. 30 minutes later Tom appeared, looking well groomed and happier!

We then set off for a day of shopping. Thamel is filled with amazing stores. 3 storey book stores that I could spend at least a day in, bohemian/hippy jewellery and clothing stores, traditional Nepali & Indian clothing stores, Nepalese merchandise stores, trekking stores & of course the knife stores.
I brought some hand made shoes and a pair of pants for myself, as well as some gifts for some special people back at home.

The day was filled up with shopping & went by surprisingly quickly.

- Alli