Platform 9¾ ! Puts me in mind of the wonderful movie, "Being John Malkovich" - they had floors with "1/2".

Anyway, what an adventure to read yr post. I have lived where there were rolling power outages - so I relate.

When You explained the definition of "being friendly to a Nepali " - I did find that of interest.

I had to chuckle when you detailed about the journey to cook food (i.e, the challenge of grocery shopping), and how hard it could be to find one open due to festival !

Keep the Travel tips and stories coming !