So another two months have passed and someone - mentioning no names but you know who I mean - has again neglected to write up the blog! He makes out he's busy but I don't believe a word of it. Anyway, it means you have to put up with my scribbles for a combined July and August update. So what have we been up to: family weddings and dinner with our landlord and family. This time was a bit different as when we were last there Shyam jee - better known as Mister M...

I feel I'm starting each blog the same at the moment i.e. "another month down" but it does feel a bit like that. Now we know when we're going and are starting to plan our trip home it does feel like a bit of a count down. And once we're through the summer which is the hard period from the weather and lack of time off point of view then things will go really quickly!The weather has been hellish for the last month - terribly hot and humid so very hard to ...

So there's another month gone. Only 8 more to go - not that we're counting, well maybe a little bit, but it does feel like time is running away from us here. We only have to get through the monsoon then it will be a mass of visitors from home, then Christmas and then we're off. Bit scary really, having the real world looming up at us again. We've been having all the heavy conversations about what on earth to do when we get back. But fortunately we can still put t...

So off we set with some trepidation (at least on M's part) into the high Himal for a trek up the Langtang valley. Of course we had to get there first. For us this involved an 8 hour jeep journey from Kathmandu to Syabrubessi. This was a good plan (the jeep that is) as the road there, although it starts off okay soon degenerates into a bone-jarring track full of potholes and ruts, winding its way through valleys and up into the mountains. This is "okay&q...

Here's a thing: Last week, in the district of Lalitpur near where we live and work a Dalit woman was accused of witchcraft as a few people had died in a neighbouring village. She was forced to eat her own excrement and was beaten by a crowd of about 15. This was of course reported to the police but they did absolutely nothing, which is quite usual here. Her accuser, a senior school teacher, thus continues to be at large and continues to teach! As the victim was a...