Table-tennis in Nepal
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382307)
Rockingham, Australia
February 5, 2020 8:04am CST
Table-tennis and volley ball both seem very popular in Nepal and I’m showing you how you don’t necessarily need a net if you want to play table-tennis. Some cunning soul has used bricks across the centre of the table rather than a net. I’m sure they have just as much fun with this as with a more standard set-up.
We boarded a bus around 7.30am and arrived in Lumbini about 4.00 pm. It was a VERY rough ride and we’re both pretty tired so it’s an early night for us. We had tea about a hundred metres from our hotel and watched a monkey come down the side of a building through a tree then run along a single electric wire to the other side of the street. He was much too fast for me to get a photo of him. Catch you all tomorrow hopefully, after a good night’s sleep.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
5 Feb 20
i learned Ping-Pong in the US. when I was in school in Bangkok, I relearned Ping-Pong!
nice picture!
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@JudyEv (382307)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 20
@DocAndersen So do you play very often?
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
6 Feb 20
@JudyEv I love ping pong still have a table at home
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
5 Feb 20
It only proves that we do not need hundreds if not thousands of dollars worth of gear and equipment complete with celebrity endorsements in order to enjoy and have fun when we want to, it's pure joy and fun just like when we were children.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
6 Feb 20
@JudyEv those bricks would add more fun because the ball would spin funny when it hits it with right or left english
I think something soft and thinner like cardboard, stockings or an old shirt would behave much nearer a real net.
I think something soft and thinner like cardboard, stockings or an old shirt would behave much nearer a real net.1 person likes this
@JudyEv (382307)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 20
@louievill You're probably right. In fact, I'm sure you're right. 
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
5 Feb 20
You come to any developing economy, you will be amazed at the creativity of such cunning souls. They know how to have fun out of less resources. In India, you will see gully cricket ( street cricket) in poor localities and they enjoy it so much.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
6 Feb 20
@JudyEv Yes I would not like to try to move it
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
5 Feb 20
Talk about playing on a hard surface.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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8 Feb 20
Very clever setup. Definitely no give to that substitute net
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
11 Feb 20
Its a lovely idea and you don´t have to be anywhere in particular to play at it either.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
6 Feb 20
Looking at the table tennis table it takes me back how our brothers palyed cricket using the bottom portion of cocnut fraunds as bats.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
5 Feb 20
@JudyEv
I see that. That is very clever to put bricks there instead of a net. We had a ping pong table in our basement when I was little. That is interesting you saw a monkey. He was very quick on his feet. So did you and Vince try out their ping pong table?
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
7 Feb 20
That is so cool that you are seeing monkeys so close.
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