Thoughts on Kathmandu

In just a few weeks I will be back in Kathmandu Nepal. My family first visited Kathmandu in 2000 and found a bustling, chaotic and spiritual city. There were working streetlights, improving infrastructure and a feeling that nepal was on it's way towards being a modern city. Now Kathmandu is pure chaos, the traffic lights have long gone out and power is out 16 hours a day to conserve energy. During the civil war millions of people moved to the city for safer conditions and they remain there in abject poverty. These beautiful gentle people now have to choose between dozens of political parties. There is serious discontent with the government and the current path the country is taking. Where once you saw only smiles there is a stern grimace on the face of Many nepalis. The global recession has not been kind to nepal. With very few tourists locals need to find ways to survive on less and less. My prayers are with the people of nepal and we will continue to support artisans by traveling to nepal and finding worldwide markets for them.





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