Mid-week photo special....


We had a break in the clouds on Tuesday, giving a fantastic early morning panorama of snowcapped peaks along the northern horizon. I used the think the view over Worthing seafront from Highdown was good, but this is something special!





This shot from the south of Pokhara gives a view of Green Pastures hospital. The two storey white building to the right is INF's regional administration centre and where we have been having language lessons. The actual hospital is the low square red roofed building in the middle of the picture, and the other buildings dotted around include a laboratory, a workshop for manufacturing prosthetic limbs and an occupational therapy centre. Pokhara stretches off into the distance, with Machapuchare and the Annapurnas watching over the valley.




Of course the other main subject for photography in our house is Evie. Here she is, generally being great, with Sukmaya who helps us in the house.

On Wednesday, a national strike day was called by a group trying to promote indigenous people's rights within Nepal. Roads and shops were closed across the country, and in contrast to some previous 'bhands' there was a peaceful atmosphere in Pokhara hiding the frustration that most people feel at this disruption to their ability to work and get around. The roads crowded with cyclists and walkers rather than buses and tractors – maybe the UK government should try this to promote exercise...