In Asia-- more than halfway round the globe

We stopped over in Doha, Qatar at their ridiculously posh and loud airport, where our phones informed us we had reached THE FUTURE-- it was still "yesterday" at home. We spent some time making lucrative sports bets.

We arrived in Kathmandu and are 13hours and 45 minutes ahead of Anchorage. I used to think Arizona had weird timezones (by skipping DST), but Nepal has those golf communities beat with their own 45minute slice of the world clock.

It is as polluted as advertised in Kathmandu. The streets, which don't have lanes--only vague sides, are chok full of honking vehicles and coughing people.

They have frequent power shortages in Nepal. I suspect it has to do with this monkey choosing to arrange the electrical lines in this way.