Monsoon Summer Summer in Nepal hasn't really been so sunny as this is the Monsoon season here, so we've had a lot of grey cloudy skies and showers with some sunny days and it has really been a time of finding out more about my work and getting used to life here and getting some sort of routine. I've also continued to explore and many weekends trips have included visits to the countryside, which is super lush and bright green at the moment, to do something acti...

Bird watching Update from Nepal June 2008 Birdwatching My recent weekends have taken me out to the countryside again - this time to go birdwatching. I have met up with a few enthusiasts led by Vimal Thapa who get together very early on a Saturday morning to take off to a birding spot around the Kathmandu valley. Nagurjun end May 2008 So armed with my binoculars and 'Birds of Nepal' the birdwatching bible that I got for my birthday I first joined the ...

My work with DNF Nepal Well you've heard a lot about Nepal - my impressions of Kathmandu and my leisure time so here is an introduction about my organisation and what I've actually come out here to do! My placement in Nepal through VSO is with the Dalit NGO Federation (DNF) an umberella organisation with about 300 member organisations whose main aim is to fight against untouchability and all forms of caste based discrimination in Nepal (basically your birth f...

May 2008 A week in the countryside - Chaukot Village! Namaste and greetings from Nepal. I have been here nearly 2 months now and our language and cultural training will soon be coming to an end and then it will be off to work. As part of our training we (the other volunteers and I) went to stay in a village an hour away from Kathmandu so that we could experience how Nepali people live and practice our language skills. The majority of people in Nepal ...

April 08 Namaste! And greetings from Kathmandu ! Can't believe I have been here nearly three weeks now. Sorry for the slow e mail - i have been just settling in and trying to get used to living in kathmandu. I am now on my third bout of diarrehea so its been a bit of a bumpy start so far-and as a result i have found some of the new tastes and smells of Kathmandu a bit much! I am now armed with antibiotics and pills to...