28/08/2026
Oh Nepal.
I visited this spectacular beguiling contradictory country back in 2023 and there’s rarely a day when I don’t find myself daydreaming about being back.
But I wrote in my 2024 article for The Great Outdoors “in Dharapani, we saw half a village and a bridge that had been washed away by a recent landslide, buildings in Tal that were propped up on haphazard piles of bricks, and countless roofs in the uniform colour of the United Nations. We’d got used to stepping over the effects of landslides on the trail almost every day, but seeing the impact of the earthquake and monsoons on a bigger scale made it clear that this is a country still very much at the mercy of Mother Nature.”
I’ve not met kinder or more welcoming people in my travels than those in Nepal, and I’m a little heartbroken that this country has had to take another battering following the shattering earthquake of 2015.
This country depends so much on tourism. Please consider donating to the Red Cross fund if you can and help Nepal deal with its volatile geography and the insidious effects of climate change and the long lasting impact this flood will have.
https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/nepal-floods
