Reports added to the Glacier Trust Webpage

The summary report of the field work in Nepal and an Illustrated report of various interesting features of the rural areas in Nawalparasi have been uploaded to the Glacier Trust webpage:

http://theglaciertrust.org/projectupdateeducation/

Mentioned on the website:

Hi All

I know it has been a while and i dont know if anyone will get this, but just in case i thought i would provide the weblink to the Glacier Trust (http://theglaciertrust.org/projectscope-education/) they part funded the nepal trip and have provided a write up of the work that we did and the relevance.

There should also be a couple of reports appearing there that were written by Dr. Biggs and I. One of the reports is just about the feasbility of running the collaboration in the future. But the other is an Illustrated guide to some of things we found on our travels, written like a travel blog so it shouldn't bore all those none geographers to tears!

where we have been

Dr Bigg's expertly made a map of the villages that we visited during the field work in Nepal. the distances between the villages are to scale (of course they are we are geographers dont you know!) although the lines representing mountains dont quite do the trek justice. Jhalbas is 200 metres above sea level and Jagadev is 1200 metres. Ok so its not the biggest climb in Nepal but its a fairly admirable effort for work purposes i think!

anyways, to make up for it we will be going upto 4610 metres next week in Langtang! - i hope anyway...

the one that got away

this one vanished from the blog earlier. this is me showing the students how to map their villages in Google Earth, the internet is very slow so it took a long time to load! about 2 hours per research site!


we are finishing our work this week now. have one more meeting with an NGO that supports the students before we leave for the trek in Langtang. so this might be the last post before we get back to sunny southampton. it is Nepali new year's eve tonight so we are off out on the town with Rajesh who works at ICIMOD. So happy new year all and we will see you soon!

GIS and mapping of the villages.

ellie introducing the students to GIS.


working by candle light... ok, its a story book, but it shows dedication.

receiving a traditional nepali hat from the students. ellie received a traditional nepali purse too.
the final evening we took the students to the cafe we frequented far too much during our stay. we exhausted the menu...
working at ICIMOD... how the international NGOS work!

other villages.

the intrepid exploring team at the end of the 23km journey. sorry these come out in a different oder to how i load them up but i aint got the patience to go back and do it again!

a community discussion in Namjakot village.

Mohan (foreground) leading the community discussion.

after being garlanded in Jagadev village. Gary is knackered as Nepalis dont have breakfast before climbing from 805 metres to 1200 metres at 7 am in the morning!

after leaving Bhandare we travelled to the top of the mountain to Jagadev village at 1200 metres. luckily it wasnt quite as hot since we set off at 7am.

Bhandare village

after a bus along the highway and then an hours jeep trip to the end of the road... Bhandare village was the first stop on the trip. We set off from 265 metres above sea level and in 35 degree heat we scrambled up to 805 metres. here we stayed for tuesday night with a local leader and his family who were kind enough to organise a community discussion as well as giving us food and lodgings.
the view of the terraced fields from up the mountain.

the house we stayed in on tuesday in Bhandare. We had an electric light as the family had solar panels. but no toilets were seen until we left the mountains on thursday. trying to go to the toilet in a village full of inquisitive children is very difficult by the way...

local lady carrying water from the spring back home.

the local spring. used for drinking at the front of the image as the water inlet is here. cleaning clothes in the middle and children at the end... if this spring dries up it is another 5km to the next one.