Shard

British tourist chased by Nepalese woman hurling rocks after complaining about paying £1 for cup of tea | The Independent

So many things wrong here. Clearly the Nepalese woman took her frustration too far, but she has a point. Far too many Western tourists travel to undeveloped countries and haggle over what for them is nothing, and for the other national is genuine income.

She's filming the whole proceeding, which the Nepalese seems to be aware of, and that seems to heighten tensions. And perhaps this new habit of filming any altercation has kept her in altercation mode, rather than on continuing her escape.

And WTF was her 15 year old son? He should be there next to his mother ready to protect her, not wimpering away in the distance while his mother pleads to stop scaring him.

Teaandtoday5

Shard I am shocked that you have failed to afford this woman the level of sympathy she was clearly anticipating when making this video public. I don't think you understand who is the victim here. After all she only stopped to take a picture of the tea shop sign so she could leave an on-line review to warn all the other poor travellers struggling to afford their Himalayan trekking holidays about this woman's extortionate prices. Her heroism and concern for the wellbeing of others, including that poor little boy, should be applauded.

Shard

If she was planning to warn others of "extortionate" prices in the middle of the Himalaya, then she should be ashamed of herself. She doesn't need to be in Nepal. I agree that the Nepalese woman acted quite violently, but I would put the English woman totally in the wrong for starting this sorry incident. No sympathy from me. I think she's lucky she didn't fall down the ravine and should be grateful for that, instead of trying to garner sympathy and make the Nepalese woman look bad. Tourists need to have a bit more common sense.

Teaandtoday5

Did I really need this ??

Shard

Make yourself a nice brew and stop worrying about it.

scot47

"Common sense" is exactly what many tourists lack ! We should restrict the issues of passports to those who pass a test in Good Manners and Common Civility !

The huge sums spent by the middle classes on holidays is a sign that we should tax them more !

caretaker

The translation of her tirade is probably stellar. "These are my tourist killing sticks and I have a suitcase full of iphones and go-pro's from cheapskates like you!"

Shard

Did hear about the kayaker in Brazil this week? A tragedy, but not entirely unexpected was it...

She even seemed to joke about the eventuality in advance. I think technology has given many tourists a false sense of protection and capability.

Shard

She certainly seemed to know how to use those sticks!

Teaandtoday5

Tbh I thought I'd over-egged it with the 'poor little boy' bit, but clearly not.

I've made you a cup too. Shall we say $10?

Shard

Fine, as long as you throw in a couple of chocolate Hobnobs with it.

Danny B

British people abroad, you could probably devote an entire youtube channel to it

dave_j

I remember years ago taking an escorted tour through China. At one stage we were led through what was obviously a very poor area of some obscure city.
I found it very uncomfortable on many levels.
Here we were, fairly well off westerners being placed in a voyeuristic situation where the difference between rich and poor was simply too great for comfort. I suppose I was content to realise that poverty existed but not to be faced with it.
But what upset me more than anything else was the enjoyment that many tourists took in the experience. Out came the cameras and videos to record the circumstances of these poor individuals who received nothing in return but an invasion of their privacy and possible humiliation at their circumstances.
I think that as tourists we should be more sympathetic to those who we rely on to sweeten the experiences we pay for and posting videos of those experiences, good and especially bad, should not be encouraged.
Now I realise that many will say, we need to demonstrate to the next tourist what to expect and there is an argument here.. but we only ever get to see one side of the story and the national, who never gets to answer these videos, is generally portrayed as the villain.

Yorkiechef

Have you ever been to Nepal?
To get a comparison, it would be like charging a Saudi in London £150 for a cup of tea.
Just because the tourist can afford it doesn't mean it is right. For reference, I served with a Gurkha Regiment for 3 years.

Paul_Shepherd

Maybe he was trying to give up his bad habit and was just feeling rather angry and irritated that he couldnt enjoy his fix in peace.

No...... sadly seen too much of that kind of behaviour over the years.....those moments always used to make me cringe about being British.