During Those Years When I Was A Marvel Superhero Chapter 37: Do you need a tour guide?

South Asia, Nepal, Kathmandu.

As the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu is not very prosperous. As the world's poorest country, Nepal's capital will not be more prosperous than any third- or fourth-tier cities in China.

And even in the capital, there are still frequent power outages, because power shortages are commonplace except for a few places where power must be guaranteed, such as hospitals. Even hospitals often have blackouts.

Because Nepal itself does not produce any energy, whether it is oil or coal, it depends on imports. There are several hydroelectric power plants in the country, but it is only a matter of nothing.

Nepal, who has been strangled by India all year round, has a hard time. Nepal relies on two big countries, one is India and the other is China.

In 70s, India annexed two countries, Sikkim and Manipur. For Nepal, India is in a hurry.

Nepal wanted to rely on China, but with a Himalaya Mountain in the middle, the roof of the world is not so easy to cross, and Nepal has no estuary. The places on land suitable for bordering with the outside world are basically the sphere of influence of India.

This has kept Nepal's situation awkward. Want to get rid of India's control, but in terms of materials and resources can not do without India's support. In addition, Nepal itself is too poor, and the people are poor.

Several states in India have opened work permits for Nepalese. Although working in India, most Nepalese can do the work of moving mountains (moving mountains, because the Indian states near Nepal are mountainous The state is similar to Nepal. It is more like Chongqing ’s early mountain army.)

You can earn less than three hundred rupees (approximately RMB 31) by carrying two barrels of 75-kilogram oil barrels on a three-kilometer mountain road.

However, there are still countless Nepales going to India for gold digging. Sorry to use the word gold digging is not appropriate. This can only be said to barely maintain life.

Most Nepalese who do these jobs have difficulty living through their fifties, and most of them are seriously ill when they are forty. But this job can at least feed a family in Nepal.

If you are lucky, you can save a little money before the age of forty. Maybe you can buy some fields in Nepal. Although the mountains are not suitable for planting, there is always some output, which is much better than death.

So countless people went to work in India, and some people came back alive, bringing back tens of thousands of rupees (thousands of renminbi) each year is the best gift for their families.

Some people have only their bodies carried back by their fellow countrymen. Most of them died in India. Others died of diseases that were tortured by fatigue.

These people can only be buried in haste.

For example, this is the only father of Bahadur's in the small temple on the outskirts of Kathmandu.

When Bahadur was young, his father went to India to move mountains. It only took three years. When he came back, he was only carried back by a body and there was less than 20,000 rupees. Bahadur's's mother couldn't bear the blow, and she died of illness in less than a year.

So the Bahadur's family, which was only seven years old, was so broken. There are too many children like Bahadur in Nepal, this country does not have so much money to build an orphanage.

Except for a few lucky children, most of the children are living on the streets in this way, either grow up strong to survive, or die without attention.

Bahadur is a lucky boy. He was taken in by the old monk in this temple.

I did n’t starve to death on the street. I could be a little shami. Although sometimes hungry, I could at least survive. This made him feel very lucky.

And now he feels that his life is more fortunate, because a teacher came in the temple. Rubus Banner.

Not only did he have outstanding medical skills, he used reliable medical knowledge to heal the sick villagers in the surrounding villages, so that the originally incense-burning temple began to have a lot of worship.

More dedication means that you do n’t need to be hungry anymore, Bahadur is very happy.

But the happier teacher is not only willing to treat everyone, but also willing to teach himself and other children.

As a country where the population of 80 percent is illiterate, it is a luxury to learn. Especially Dr. Banner is willing to teach everyone English.

Do n’t underestimate the role of English in Nepal, as a country with tourism as its national pillar. Because of the south foot of Himalaya Mountain, there are a lot of mountaineers coming here every year.

Most of them are Europeans and Americans. Fluent English is a decent job whether to be a tourist guide for tourists or as a buddy in a mountaineering store.

Can get a salary that is unimaginable by others, English-speaking folks can get a monthly salary of more than six thousand rupees (less than 700 yuan) in mountaineering supplies stores or hotels!

If you are fluent in English and you are good at speaking, you can be a tour guide. You can even be a mountain guide for mountaineers after you have mastered mountaineering skills.

An excellent mountain guide can earn several million rupees (hundreds of thousands of RMB) a year. This is the highest paid job in Nepal.

Bahadur's's dream is to become a mountain guide. He wants to make a lot of money. Because the old monk is old, Bahadur wants to make money to take the old monk to live in his home.

If the old monk is not willing to go, then he will spend a lot of money every year to help the temple.

Bahadur is a child with determination and perseverance. He and Dr. Banner have only been studying English for a year, but he is very easy to learn.

He cares more about English textbooks than Buddhist scriptures. He didn't want to be a monk, but he wanted to repay the old monk's kindness. The old monk does not force Bahadur.

So Bahadur spends more time holding English textbooks than Buddhism except for morning classes every day.

For these people at the bottom, a foreign language may be the step to change the whole life. It's just that knowledge is more expensive in poorer countries. Not everyone has the opportunity to receive formal education, especially good teachers like Dr. Banner are hard to find.

Although the spelling of Bahadur is completely irrelevant, it has mastered quite a lot of oral communication skills. This is learned in daily communication with Dr. Banner.

And today is the first time Bahadur has come to Kathmandu alone, he wants to do something. He is 13 years old this year, and the 13-year-old boy in other families is already an adult. Need to go out to work to help reduce the burden.

Although the cost of temples can be supported now ~ IndoMTL.com ~, Bahadur still wants to help his teachers and old monks. For example, go to Kathmandu as a guide for foreign tourists. As a little shami, he is naturally more likely to gain the trust of European and American tourists than those slick adults.

If you take a guest to visit Kathmandu, you can also get a tip, which is what he observed from other tour guides.

For example, now he is standing on a tourist attraction in Kathmandu to observe his potential customers.

Bahadur's's eyes suddenly lighted up, and a team of three appeared in front of him.

A sturdy white man, a fat white man, and a man of mixed Asian and American looks on the street as if looking for something.

Bahadur immediately ran forward, he needs to contact these tourists faster than other adults to be able to conclude this business.

He flexibly traversed the crowd and quickly approached the three, saying in a fairly fluent English: "Gentlemen, do you need a tour guide?".

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