Yesterday was a holiday here in India where people bathed in the sacred Ganga, fasted and didn’t speak. It was a celebration of the dark moon, symbolising new beginnings where the intention was on right speech, and a reminder to use less speech, simple words...

      As opposed to my return from the Himalayan mountains in Nepal (in January 2015) getting there was easy (22 December 2014). It took one day from Pokhara with a flight (20 minutes), a short 45 minute walk to the local Jeep stand, a stop at...