Arrived back at home from Nepal safe and sound Monday-
Nepal is a beautiful country and the people are amazing, unfortunately the infrastructure is in a state of collapse- 6 hours of electricity per day with no set time as to when the power is on or off, daily life is hard- 80% of the population live on less than a dollar a day- The Maoist government coupled with the negative effects of global warming [no rain for months]are facing a massive challenge to get the country running on an even keel, tensions are high and there is a large police,national army/ maoist army presence in the streets, rebel factions are constantly kidnapping, shooting and looting in the Terai regions. Throw in an outbreak of bird flu on the India/Nepalese borders... plus the recent murder of a number of journalists.... and the fear that Tibeten refugees may be in for a very very hard time soon..... Yet somehow the people seem to cope.

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Saddhu Pokhara.

Early morning at Pashupatinath


Billie with street kids...


Street kids 'home'....


Harvesting


Outside Government building


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Saddhu smoking his peace pipe... [ Yes they offered and I respectfully declined ].


Billie feeding a bird of prey


Jimmy hard at work


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Saddhu who had travelled from India to celebrate Shiva Ratri
Saddhu at Pashupatinath


F8 at 1/125th or f16 at 1/60th darling?


Billy and an elephant bathing- Terai district.


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View from a canoe.

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