Chaos, crowds and humidity greeted me as I stepped off the plane in Nepal and landed at its main airport, Tribhuvan. After a two week stint in Naples, Italy, I was ready for something a little different and I was not disappointed. Nepal is worlds apart from the relative comfort of the West and when I first stepped foot in the capital city, Kathmandu, I was greeted with a symphony of colour, sound, smoke and magic. My senses were almost overwhelmed from inhaling the dust from the roads and the traffic, intermingled with the strong smell of incense, burning fumes and the tropical heat. Coming from the cold, grey skies of London, Nepal is like nothing I have ever experienced before. When my airport pickup failed to materialise, I was immediately surrounded by a rabble of
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