My name is Mud, but pronounced Mood
Trip Start
Jun 24, 2007
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Trip End
Jul 17, 2007
Mudh, India
Monday, July 9, 2007
The next morning, we did catch the bus. We intended to get off at the main road and hire a car to take us in the opposite direction of Kaza, to Tabo Gompa (Monastery). We boarded at the end of the line, so we were able to get seats. The group of Israelis, for some reason, agreed to take a very cute and very spoiled puppy dog from our hotel and dump it in Kaza. They were at least partially resonsible for the dog's fate, feeding it under the table, holding it in their laps. I was annoyed. The bus pulled away and the ticket man started making the rounds. When he tried to charge the Israelis 40 Rupees for the dog ($1), they were incensed. How could they be charged for a dog? In my opinion, the should have been more worried about the fate of the dog in Kaza. Anyway - the right thing happened. The dog got booted off the bus and probably went back to beeing cooed and coddled by a new batch of guests at the hotel.
We were dropped off at the main Spiti Valley Highway, which is more of a gravel 1.5 lane road. Before the next bus to Tabo came, we were able to catch a ride in a Jeep.
Comments
Poor Puppy, Bad Bad Tourists
Really the puppy is a good symbol of tourism gone bad, where tourists spoil dogs with food, making the puppy turn into an impossible beggar. Very sad.
I remember those same people who were feeding the puppy were also giving the kids candy. I had always wondered who made the kids learn how to say 'one pen, one sweet, one rupee.' Now we know.
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