Local Transportation

It was fun to get back to how I used to travel, crammed in with too many people. These vans usually carry 20 to 30 people, but feel too crowded when it gets over 30.

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Welcomed home in Nepal

October 18th 2013
During my Eid holidays from work in Bangladesh I flew up to Nepal for a week with my friend Catherine's family. She married into a Nepalese family almost ten years ago and has been encouraging me to go visit them ever since. Even though she couldn't get away from work this year, her husband Santosh came from London for the festival of Dashian, also known as Durga Puja. I was so fortunate to hav ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu Valley

In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more

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