Thamel is struggling

Construction sites and closed businesses. A walk in Thamel can easily give the measure of how much the area has struggled because of the Covid19 pandemic and the lockdown. It really looks like a ghost of itself without tourists flooding the area. After the government decided on a complete lockdown…

Malpensa Airport

At Malpensa Airport, torn between the excitement of returning to Nepal for the new research, and the concern of the ongoing destruction and suffering caused by Putin in Ukraine. It's got harder and harder to follow the news. On the train to the airport, various conversations that I overheard were…