Dilip

A taxi driver in Pokhara, and the reason one of the Nepal videos works at all. Harry engages him for a full day with no meter and no agreed fare — his own explanation is that he is paying for the entertainment — and Dilip drives, waits at the foot of every hill Harry climbs, and decides most of the itinerary himself, including the cave that turns out to be the best thing Harry does in the city.

He is 43, has driven for around twenty years, and rents a house for 8,000 rupees a month; the family shop-house they end the day at is 13,000, and they come originally from a rural district about 35 kilometres out. He has a wife, a small baby, and a school-age daughter who changes gear for him while he drives. He tells Harry he has climbed Everest and Annapurna (from video – unverified), and points out that eight of the world’s ten highest mountains are in Nepal.

The running joke of the video is that he will not accept anything. Harry buys him a Nepali cap, sunglasses, a coffee and a woven basket over the course of the day and has to argue him into each one — Harry’s summary is that Nepalese people never like receiving gifts. At the family house the chai is free because it’s their home. Harry closes by giving him 10,000 rupees.

Harry books him again for the Poon Hill hike.

Appears in

• King Dillip and Prince Harry Explore Nepal🇳🇵 — drives the whole day and takes Harry home to meet his family.