Other stuff

Sheila was in Pokhara (we did a touristy trip there earlier in the year, see March blog Shimmering peaks ) Mon-Fri last week. She was visiting a NGO running Early Childhood Development centres that a new volunteer might go to work for. I'll leave her to tell you more about this and post some amazingly clear photos of the mountains (one of the Annapurnas). I wish I could tell you that I made the most of her absence with wild partying but I had a thoroughly boring week working late and being limited to eating very soft food after having another dental procedure on Monday (don't ask).

I've not managed to see any of the Rugby World Cup so far. The only channel covering it that we can get is TV5 (French) and funnily enough the only matches they are showing are those involving France. To make matters worse there are a lot of evening kick-offs which meant that the France v Ireland match was on at 1am Nepal time which I didn't stay up for. The good news is that TV5 are showing all the matches from the Quarter Finals onwards and the first one which should be Australia v England (assuming England manage to beat Tonga on Friday which will not be a walk-over) is on at 6:45pm, Saturday, 6 Oct. Although the final (?All Blacks v South Africa?) is at 1am, it is on a Sunday morning so I think I'll manage to watch this.

I have watched a couple of the TwentyTwenty cricket matches including India v Aus last night - a cracking match. Looking how pumped up the Indians were for this, god knows what they'll be like for the final against Pakistan.

That's enough for one night, I've still got the photos to upload. Have a good week.

Cheers

Roshan