Another Monday in Kathmandu

Well I'm still here in Kathmandu and showing no signs of moving on for a while yet - except maybe for a day or two in Chitwan or back in Pokhara. The main thing is that I'm working away on the Namuna Mahila school project, primarily with Chuda Dhakal, one of the trustees. This is a specialist school for adult women who have missed out on any real education so far. The school has been established for 3 years and has 250 students, but they have a lot more that they want to do and they need to raise money. I'm helping them with a document which describes what they are all about and the sorts of projects they want to undertake. They have no web presence at the moment; so we want this to be the basis of a website eventually too. My routine is one of meetings with Chuda, sometimes at the school, but usually in the garden cafe of the Kathmandu Guest House, and then nipping off with my USB drive to an internet cafe to do some work on the document. Many thanks to my sister Moira for her help with some important formatting matters by the way!
Kathmandu is a slightly dangerous place to have some free time - because the shops are full of stuff at bargain prices. Today I sent a package home (all 14KG of it), containing some of my acquisitions as well as my mountain boots and sleeping bag - which I don't think I will need again in the next few weeks.

By the way I have now moved from the Kathmandu Guest House to another hotel (the Potala Tourist Home). The KGH remains a favourite place for all sorts of reasons, but the fact is that the neighbourhood is too noisy - the worst thing being roof-top rock bands playing late into the night in the area. I tried a few different rooms but it is difficult to escape from the noise altogether.

Final snippet her is that my blog is now listed on the "Northern Scot" website - the local Elgin and Moray paper. Maybe some old pals will be interested to catch up with my movements - and even let me know what they are up to too!