Newspaper Stories

Hi!

Hope you're having a nice January!  We're fine, and are just keeping on keeping on as they say!

Nepal is still in a deep crisis, and, without heat, it's still very cold inside buildings, but outside in the sun it can be quite nice actually, although one must be careful of being in the shade and cold wind!
It's now about 55-56 F in our apartment

and not 51 anymore!

Yeah!
Still wearing 4-5 layers inside, but at least we have layers to put on!

The weird part for me is that it's cloudy every day, which has never happened during the winter since we've been here.  Previously during the winter we have had amazingly blue skies and awesome views of the Himalayas!  Usually our views are like this:

This year it's like this:

These two pics were taken in about the same place.  Hard to believe!
You can't even see the hills, let alone the mountains!

Anyway, today I'm going to post links to some interesting stories from the newspapers here.  I read The Himalayan Times every day, even when we're on vacation.

This story has great pictures of much needed winter relief in the mountains.
(I saw many people walking around without socks today just like you'll see here.)
Man!
http://thehimalayantimes.com/multimedia/photo-gallery/quake-survivors-get-relief-in-helambu-snow/

There are still aftershocks.

http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/425th-significant-aftershock-of-nepal-earthquake-recorded-in-dolakha/

This one was recent and was the 426th above 4 on the Richter Scale.
It made some of our pictures tilt.
http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nepal-earthquake-tremor-felt-in-kathmandu-valley-at-107-am-epicentre-in-gorkha/

The quake fault is still straining.
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/quake-fault-straining-underneath-kathmandu-study/

This festival recently occurred:

http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/thousands-of-devotees-throng-gaumukhi-on-maghe-sankranti/

Another one is starting.
http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/onth-long-swasthani-brata-katha-begins-today/

For new readers, here is the link to a post early in this blog, soon after we moved here,
with a cute conversation I had about festivals with the kids at school:
http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2010/08/festivals.html

Recently a leopard wandered into someone's house in Kathmandu!

http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/leopard-enters-residential-house-in-kathmandu-downtown/

Another leopard wandered into a supermarket in the middle of the afternoon!
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/leopard-enters-pokhara-supermarket-injures-one/

...and yet another one...
Man!
http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/leopard-enters-kirtipur-settlements-injures-1/

I also like to read The Kathmandu Post.

Earthquake amputees get new hope:
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-16/a-new-hope.html

Here's a look at the lives of Nepali ladies outside of the city:
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-16/beyond-the-city.html

Here are some Reflections:
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-09/stories-of-nepal-reflections.html

Well, that's enough for now!
Have a nice day!

If you are experiencing the East Coast Blizzard, stay warm and be careful!
Man!

Bye and Blessings to all!