Ursie (Elle's sister) arrived safely and it is just great to have her here. She flew in to Pokhara yesterday - despite not having had any bad experiences with internal flights here in Nepal, it is still a pleasant surprise when anything happens to plan and on time!

She came loaded down with presents and goodies - thanks to all those who sent things out!




We've had a little Casio point and shoot camera for that last few years, but it has been getting a bit rickety recently and finally died a couple of months ago - possibly one drop too many... We have just invested in a new little Olympus camera that claims to be water and earthquake proof (sounds incredible, but the instructions tell you to clean it by holding it under the tap...), so hopefully this will last a bit longer!! We'll let you know how we get on with it, but so far, so good - these are a couple of pictures we took this morning.