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Watch That Leech

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June 1st 2016
We have three rooms and they were very basic and scruffy which is to be expected given the remoteness and poverty in the village. Bob and Tom shared, Hat and Cas and Ed and I. As I took the toiletry bag to the ladies room, they opened the door and quickly summoned me in for help. 'There's a leech', they cried! Cas had found it when she popped off her sock. After the leech was thrown outside, C ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Annapurna

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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