Last of the monsoon rains...hopefully

In the scheme of world-wide events, the monsoon rains don't appear to have had the same catastrophic effect here as they have elsewhere. Last night brought a torrential downpour, so this morning, once the rain had stopped, I took a walk into Banepa.

This is the Arniko Highway, the main road that runs from Kathmandu to China...a six lane highway it's not!! Self evidently not impassable, but enough of a hindrance to traffic. And it does give you the opportunity to see what happens when the buses are full...there's plenty of room on top!

I've travelled this way myself, but in this weather I'm not so sure. i've already been in a bus which went off the road into a rice field...

Here's the blog entry...