There’s a couple of interesting festivals coming up here in Nepal this month. We’ve got the Sostani (Swasthani) Sange on Monday, that’s out in Sankhu a little outside Kathmandu, then we’ve got the Tibetan Losar on the next new moon, in about three weeks and finally it’s time for Maha-Shivaratri on 23rd February 2009. If [...]

Just got a set of questions from a female photographer, considering moving here. As usual, I’m answering the questions online so others may benefit:
a) how much work a freelance photographer might be able to find in Kathmandu
- well, that depends mostly on what field you are in. You can expect to sell some [...]

I’ve gotten this questions a few times as well: “What place can you recommend?” A couple of options springs to mind: Lazimpat (the embassy area) and Sanepa (the UN+NGO “colony”). I heard that Lazimpat (certain areas anyway) never have power cuts (!!!), a big plus during winter. It’s very central and close to Thamel, if [...]

For some reason, this is questions I get a lot: “Can I buy a camera when I come to Kathmandu? Where? How much?”
And the answer: Yes, Kathmandu has loads of camera shops and you can get all the new Canons, Nikons, Sony’s etc. You can get the glass-ware (lenses) as well, but more sophisticated accessories [...]

Hi again, really enjoying this blogging nowadays! I have to occupy my poor mind with something useful during those aforementioned 16 hours a day. Prevent myself from loosing it completely! So I thought up a new little idea. Every now and then, somebody contacts me and ask me to give them advice on this and [...]

Unfortunately, this is now very relevant for me, and pretty much anyone else staying in Nepal. Since yesterday, the authorities here slashed a 16 hour daily power cut on the country – up from 12 hours per day last month!
It’s completely ridiculous, a national disaster, making it very hard to do any work that requires [...]