Three Cups Of Tea Ali Basye First some thoughts

First some thoughts

with verses written for every MRT and LRT station

this is an intergenerational story of family and legacy and the way love informs both of those things

First published in 1921

Three Cups Of Tea Ali Basye First some thoughtsHERE WE DRINK THREE CUPS OF TEA TO DO BUSINESS; THE FIRST YOU ARE A STRANGER, THE SECOND YOU BECOME A FRIEND, AND THE THIRD, YOU JOIN OUR FAMILY, AND FOR OUR FAMILY WE ARE PREPARED TO DO ANYTHING EVEN DIE. HAJI ALI, KORPHE VILLAGE CHIEF, KARAKORAM MOUNTAINS, PAKISTAN IN 1993, AFTER A TERRIFYING AND DISASTROUS ATTEMPT TO CLIMB K2, A MOUNTAINEER CALLED GREG MORTENSON DRIFTED, COLD AND DEHYDRATED, INTO AN IMPOVERISHED PAKISTAN VILLAGE IN THE KARAKORAM