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The family rise before sunrise and get about their chores. SuAs’s aunt and the oldest girl (8 years old) go into the fields. His mother starts preparing food for the day. All over the mountain you can hear people getting about. I go for a walk and there are men ploughing fields with their oxen.Continue reading “Friday 18 March 2016”

Im up at 5.40am to meet SuAs at 6. I have to wake one of the staff to let me out of the hotel. SuAs and I walk to the bus park and step straight onto the bus Lamosanghu in the Sindhupalchok area. This is his home village and he has invited me to visitContinue reading “Thursday 17 March 2016”

It’s 8am and SuAs and Raj are here to take me out for the day. We catch a mini bus to the Bus Park from where the city local city buses depart. The minibuses are usually small worn out little vans that get unbelievably crowded with locals. They are uncomfortable and likely to break downContinue reading “Monday 14 March 2016”

SuAs meets me at the hotel at 8am. We take a taxi to Swayambhu, the Monkey Temple. I’ve been here before but not at this early hour of the day. The light is great for photos and the statues and stupas glow. Even at this time there is so much going on here. It mustContinue reading “Saturday 12 March 2016”

Nothing exciting to report today. I managed to finish a few jobs that needed doing for people back in Australia. One was a report for Som on my time in Batase and the other was final using designs for Tony and sending off to the manufacturers in Vietnam. I spent a bit of time withContinue reading “Sunday 13 March 2016”

Raj and SuAs offer to show me around today. SuAs is a friend of a friend I know from Batase village and Raj is his friend. SuAs has limited English while Raj is reasonably easy to talk to. They arrive around 3pm and we catch a taxi to Buddanath. Buddanath is a World Herutage listedContinue reading “Friday 11 March 2016”

I spend most of the day on my laptop. I have to do some work for Tony to help with clothing designs he’s having manufactured in Vietnam. And I’m editing some of my photos from the trek to show Raju. I’m feeling seedy and tired from last night’s effort. It was good fun but exhausting.

The taxi gets me to the bus stop by 7am and I find my bus amongst the many lined up. I sit next to a young guy who’s traveling back to Kathmandu with is wife, son and sister in law. He lived six years in England working as a chef and has just returned toContinue reading “Wednesday 9 March 2016”

Not feeling well so I spent most of the day in bed. I’ve organized to my bus ticket to Kathmandu tomorrow. In a weakened state I cruise the city to find a functioning ATM but alas, I failed. It’s difficult to find a useful ATM at the best of times but yesterday’s Shivarati holiday mustContinue reading “Tuesday 8 March 2016”

I’ve hired a jeep today at great expense to visit some of the sights of Pokhara. My driver speaks little or no English, or chooses not to. First stop is the World Peace Stopa atop of a hill on the other side of the lake to where I am staying. The road up is veryContinue reading “Monday 7 March 2016”