
Laxshmi puja - Let there be light
Today is Laxshmi puja, the day to welcome the goddess of good fortune to visit your house. We checked the batteries of our solar lights, and strung th...

A Festival of Light in the Dark - Part II
This looks like a traffic jam.... But actually it is cars and buses parked along the road waiting for gas. The parked vehicles on one of Kathmand...

A Festival of Light in the Dark
This is the festival season in Nepal (See this previous post to learn more). Think of the time between Thanksgiving and New Years in the West. The nex...

Traveling to Nepal? Uncle Sam says think again.
More depressing news....Empty Street in ThamelFrom the US Government:Message for U.S. Citizens: Travel and FuelOctober 8, 2015We recommend that travel...

When the Grinch Stole Dashain
Dashain, a time of sacrifice and festival in Nepal is a huge holiday. It is a time families from throughout Nepal and abroad come together. In Kathman...

No Diesel, No Petrol, No Relief - Dependencies Part III
No Diesel / No PetrolWe went downtown today. We passed a long line of taxis, abandoned in front of a petrol station.Each day we check the papers for s...

Dependencies Part II
I keep checking the local news outlets looking for the "Everything is Resolved" message, but all I see is more of the spiral of pain for this landlock...