#I've had the same jeans on for four days now...#. Four days into our travels and we finally got our cases. The British Airways website had said the cases had been delivered and the file was closed. What that meant was that the cases had been delivered to Delhi, not Kathmandu. We tried the telephone numbers that they provided us with but they did not exist. We then found another number off the internet and that number said press one for UK flights; for all other flights see the website for details of your case - great!!!! It took a personal call at London Heathrow baggage department and numerous national and international phonecalls by Gail and finally Micky the airport manager at Delhi offered to help us in our plight. Thanks Gail - not sure how we can ever repay you!!! So what have we missed from our bags? Paul missed his hat - he has a burnt head, he also missed his chargers/adapters for his technology, of course and he missed his comfortable walking shoes. I missed sunscreen, my walking shoes (I have trekked round the cobbled, dusty streets of Kathmandu in high heeled boots) and more importantly my contraceptive pills!! Yes, in nine months time British Airways will have one hell of a shock when I slap them with a bill for the full costs of the twins - Kath and Mandu! We haven't let a little problem like a lack of clean clothes get in the way of our adventures, we have explored much of what Kathmandu has to offer. It is hard to describe this place, Paul's photos will help. The place is heavily polluted - air and noise wise by the traffic (mainly motorbikes, some cars). The river is an open sewer and the streets are an open waste tip. But this place is a Heritage City, every backstreet you turn down has temples, stupas and Hindu and Buddhist shrines. Even the places where the locals collect their water are architectural gems. The thing most striking to me about this city is the daily struggle for resources that people have, a lack of fresh running water, gas shortages, petrol shortages, daily powercuts. All things we take for granted. We have not had hot water in our Guesthouse (Kathmandu Madhuban) since we got here, the power has been off more than it has been on. Despite all this we are having an amazing time - at the end of the week we will do a summary of our adventures, the great Stupa at Bouddha, the elevated Monkey Temple, the fascinating Pashupatinath (Hindu temples, funeral processions and rituals, and riverside funeral pyres)...and much much more. A belated happy birthday to Kath and Karen for the 5th Feb!