Yesterday was the last day of my home stay. The family took me to visit White Gumba, a monastery up in the mountains. It was a very early start, I woke at 5.30am and we were on the road by 6.30am. We had a 2 hour uphill walk to the monastery. It was a stinking hot day (it is starting to get very hot now in Nepal unlike when I first … Continue reading
The last 2 days I have not been able to go to school due to a bandh. A bandh, a Nepali word meaning ‘closed, is a form of political protest. From my little understanding of Nepali politics, I am actually on the side of the strikers. It is crazy what the government is proposing. They are currently trying to create the new constitution and the government want to divide the … Continue reading
