Spent the last 24 hours eating, resting, hydrating and shaving! OK, well maybe not the entire 24 hours but enough that I’m feeling human again. Today, Garrett and I went for a haircut and a traditional single blade shave from a young Pakistani lad in “downtown Skardu. It was one of those totally manual affairs with scissors and sharp lethal switchblade type devices. He had the concentration of a Beverly Hills Housewife who had been scorned by her best friend over a bad martini - not sure about this reference … Anyway, it started with a clip, clip clip of him cutting hair, followed by getting slapped around with his open hand to bring the facial skin alive - at least that is the theory. I was ready to tell him anything. He used some kind of medieval snake oil to loosen the pores then lathered us up with a horse (could have been mule) brush before taking the blade to our face. In my case I covered my goatee to indicate “no touch”. He grunted, then scowled, then twisted his mouth in a strange way as he worked around my beard. I found this interesting because EVERYONE has a beard here including the horses, mules, young and old men - but not this guy. I think he is on a one man protest. I digress. He finally took the blade to my goatee itself which was fine as it needed thinning but he went on and on. The attached picture is the end result … It has not been this short since I was 4 years-old. Cost? $1.00 each :)
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 16:40:36 +0000
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