July 2020
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Sorting through history for the Yeti
Yeti painted by Phurba Chitten Sherpa from Namche reat grey clouds steal the light and weigh down the sky — […]
July 28, 2020
Opinion
Hippie Trail nostalgia in Kathmandu
A milieu-matching restaurant on Freak Street from Desmond Doig’s book My Kind of Kathmandu. erhaps it’s the reflective, introspective mood […]
July 12, 2020
June 2020
The wild and wonderful Bill Gavin, 1936-2020
Bill Gavin in New Zealand last year, telling a good story of the “old days” from his eventful life. Photo: […]
June 29, 2020
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Ode on unlocking
View of Gauri Shankar peeping through dark monsoon clouds on the 80th day of the lockdown, on Saturday evening from […]
June 14, 2020
May 2020
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Where is Richard Morris?
Richard Morris ran the Everest Marathon on 29 May 2019 raising funds for Changing Faces the UK charity supporting people […]
May 31, 2020
Opinion
Coronavirus Nepal Lockdown Month 2
Patan Drbar Square. Photo: TEMPLE TIGER he ancient brick walls of the Patan Darbar absorb the dull afternoon light like […]
May 16, 2020
April 2020
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The strangest Anzac Day ever
nder a gunmetal grey sky, the four of us stood for the Last Post on an expansive empty lawn as […]
April 28, 2020
Opinion
Feeding 1,000 a day in Kathmandu
Geshe Sonam Wangchen in a scooter helmet distributing meals this week in Boudhanath. Photos: LISA CHOEGYAL he web of wrinkles […]
April 20, 2020
Opinion
Losing a colleague to COVID-19
Oliver and Farida Bennett’s wedding in UK 1984 liver Bennet is the first person I know to succumb to COVID-19. […]
April 11, 2020
Opinion
Aussies and Kiwis homeward bound from Nepal
Australian officials arrive at a strangely deserted Tribhuvan International Airport he plane flew in an elegant arc silhouetted against the […]
April 3, 2020