Three steps to rebalance your frantic life. Imagine using your smartphone for a few hours of scrolling, only when the battery dies you throw the
From my apartment window the gigantic eyes of Buddha stare at me once more. Until this moment the eyes were covered, but as I write
As I walk the morning kora I marvel at the older women. I love their dignity: long hair in braids, often woven with brightly coloured
I rarely see it coming. I arrived in Kathmandu and felt grumpy. It’s dusty, dry and cold here, in the depths of winter. The internet
My travelling and writing sabbatical has been turned upside down and my brain often feels scattered. It has been a month since my last blog;
I am scared tonight, more than I was yesterday after the quake. It is the evening of the second day and I’m frightened because it’s
It’s a quiet Friday spent reading in a coffee shop, chatting on the advantages and disadvantages Nepal faces after 30 years of international aid. The
You need a strong body and a peaceful mind to live in the Himalaya. As we walk I see both everywhere in the hill people.
Yet another Kathmandu rookie error. In the shower combined toilet, I drop my expensive bon voyage gift of handmade soap on the floor, it shimmies
I look around the Asian style longboat, some travellers are reading, some just staring out, many are asleep on each other, heads in laps, collapsed