This is the story behind my connection with and love of Nepal. Written initially in 1980s and updated in 2026, this short travel memoir, (just over 180 pages, so not too long!) contains over 60 pages of my own photographs, paintings and drawings.

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I will be giving half the profits from this book to Community Action Nepal.

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Here is a small edited extract:
Introduction
In the summer of 1981, I met my future husband, David. We spent a very romantic two weeks together before he was due to fly out to Nepal to spend two years working as a sanitation engineer with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). Just before he left, I decided that it would be a promising idea to go there as well.
This book is the record of our time together in Nepal. I was 21 years old and had only been on family holidays in Europe.
The only photographic records I have were taken with my Kodak Instamatic Camera. This miniature camera was, of course, a film camera, and we had limited numbers of films. I took four photographs of the Taj Mahal. We did not see any of the photographs I had taken until we arrived back home.
I have only recently completely revisited and re-read ‘my book’, the first time since 1988. I am so delighted that I have been back to Nepal on various occasions. I do not think that I could have revisited these memories if I had not had a plan to keep going back!
CHAPTER ONE
January 1982: Is this the Plane to Delhi?
“Here’s a fiver, give us a ring when you get there.” were my dad’s parting words at Heathrow before I caught the BA flight to Kathmandu. Little did we know that it would be almost two years before we could speak on the phone.
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