The blind

You feel complete compassion when you watch the blind trying to cross the main "chowks" or intersections in Nepal. Clinging to the side rails, looking in panic. It is as chaotic as one would imagine even with a set of eyes. I felt for this guy yesterday, he had no sense of direction, dodging motorbikes and mac trucks and hoping to hear all sounds around him for any sense of protection. You forget about the blind living in this city and how they probably become recluses because the city is just too much to take on. The bus drivers are known to be mad. Just a few weeks ago, a driver pulled right up on the side of the curb in a main intersection and killed a few innocent people who were buying some fruit and vegetables. They hit and ran. Soon a majority of the blue buses in the city (a sign of this bus company) were set in flames. This was their attempt to get any sort of revenge.