Today it has actually been raining almost all day. The skies are grey and I'm sure there won't be any hot water coming from the solar panels. Luckily enough the guest house where I'm staying has got a gas heater as well. I do need a hot shower to wash my hair tonight.
The monsoon was late and they say some parts of the country have only had some 30% of the normal rainfall. In the Mid-Western and Far Western Regions they say there will be a food shortage this winter because of this. Combined with all the bandhs and strike that different groups are calling, that disrupts the food distribution, it might actually be a hard winter for many people living in Kathmandu as well.
I have now been here for about four weeks and I'm feeling very much at home. Nothing much has changed- except the traffic is even worse than it used to be and almost everyone has got their own mobile phone. After three weeks I decided I needed one as well.
At the moment I'm staying in Kathmandu, doing language, but after Dashain I will move down to Nepalgunj. By then it is probably slightly cooler down there as well. I was there three weeks ago, and it was very hot, especially as I had just arrived in the country from a cold Sweden.
I will try to update this blogg every now and then and hope that you will enjoy reading it.
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