A new adventure – Nepal
As yet, no great fanfare or trumpeting of a new banner headline. Technical support for this site is provided by my wife (and star of the accompanying posts, detailing our
August 10, 2024
Life in Nepal
Day one – welcome
After breakfast at the hotel – roti with vegetables, yogurt and sauce (a little too Nepali for my taste, but perfectly adequate) – I made my way over to the
August 16, 2024
Day two – teaching
At least for the time being, I have decided to frame the blog as a daily diary. I do have some concerns about this, as it might become rambling and
August 17, 2024
Day three – a rest
Did not sleep well, but then overslept, making me all the more grateful that I had cancelled the mooted trip to the mountains with a group of students. They had
August 18, 2024
Day five – into the mountains
Today was a pubic holiday – a festival in which ladies wear red, I know no more than that – and Yogi had hired a taxi to take Aparna, Eva
August 21, 2024
Day six – international relations: James Bond and a visa
The song for the festival, a heroic song based on a character from modern literature – James Bond – has been written, but of course it has no real
August 22, 2024
Day seven – a new home, a new start
The idea had been to start a new regime of early morning rehearsals, as apparently various teachers have been complaining about the amount of time the students are missing. Anu,
August 23, 2024
Day eight – hokey-cokey, tuk tuk, snip snip
With yesterday’s early start declared a disaster, we decided upon a compromise, aiming for the slightly more civilised hour of 8.30 (a three hour rehearsal was always a bit excessive.)
August 23, 2024
Day nine – bridges
Same pattern as yesterday, with rehearsals first: we are pretty much running through the play each time now, though I have to look for other approaches, in order to maintain
August 23, 2024
Day ten – celebrating new beginnings
Yesterday, I was given a written invitation to attend an event to launch the Orientation programme for the Hotel management course at KGIST (a sister college to SPA in Dhangadhi.)
August 26, 2024
Day eleven – shopping
Our first task this morning was to go shopping, both because we needed certain things, but also as a gentle introduction to Dhangardhi, and as a bit of orientation. Everything
August 27, 2024
Day twelve – Krishna’s birthday…
…and as such a holiday. Aparna had invited Yogi, Eva, Val and I to come for lunch, not particularly because of Krishna, but because we all had a day off
August 27, 2024