Got up at 11:30, man I was tired. Heard the great news that in the late hours of last night the bund was cancelled. i am travelling to Tansen on thursday after all. I get the bus from the main street in Patan at 6:00 am. 10 hours through the himalayas. Should be awesome! Today I biked to a town in the Kathmandu valley called Bhaktapur. It involved negotiating some major roads and crazy traffic but I made it there and back safely in a half day. I missed putting s...

Patience is a virtue I am still yet to learn. I have a feeling that I am going to learn it fast here in Nepal. I woke up at 9, and having heard constantly for the past few days of the eminent threat of japanese encephalitis and it's vociferous spread through kathmandu, After a rushed prayer time I ran down to local Paten hospital and pleaded for them to give me a vaccine. 30 minutes later I was recieving a comprehensive medical examination from a senior doctor. ...

For those unaware I have gone to Nepal with the christian organisation BMS to work in a rural mission hospital for 2 months. After this I am meeting housemates in sydney and hitting fiji, LA and NYC on the way home. Hope you enjoy the blog. It was my first day in Kathmandu. What a crazy place...unbelievable... to quote Karl Pilkington "my eyes have never been so busy". Kathmandu is so much fun. There is so much going on. So many different colours, smells and way...