If you’ve been following my story so far you’ll already know that today was the first day of the week long strike called by the Maoists in Nepal. I got conflicting responses to the question “will you be open during the bandh?”, sometimes from the same shop owner. My search for breakfast and internet were [...]

I’ve encountered all of the above in the last few days. Now back in Thamel (I was being sarcastic in my earlier post when I described it as a lovely haven) I have nothing better to do but fill in some of the details of my time away. Walking out of one of the central [...]

i have nothing but benign memories, fond even, of tibetan momos from my last visit to nepal so i was a bit surprised when, after ordering them a few days ago, that the smell of them made me a want to barf. ok, maybe just a tad queasy. needless to say, i have since steered [...]