scott.cr: Well just a couple of days, a week in Nepal all in all, I will also visit the Chitwan nationalpark and then go to Kolkata (Calcutta). Of course I will buy some khukuris, I have made a special order for two from KhukuriHouse and one from Himalayan Imports. I am very much looking forward to these khukuris, the only thing restricting me from buying more of them is the weight limitation on flights, considering the lenght of the blade etc I calculated that my three khukuris will weigh just about 4.5-5kg. So I cant really buy much more if I also want to buy something besides just khukuris. :thumbsup: I visited Bhaktapur in September -07 and every evening there was a shortage of power, so everything went black. Still a lot of people were out on the streets, most of them had no flashlight at all, and some had keyring-style lights. But as you say, perhaps not that common. I suppose thats kind of a luxury for the folks there?
cat: Thanks for the link, I`ll have a look at them when I come home again. The problem now was that no US dealer can get a flashlight to me in such a short notice, it takes about one week or more sending items from the states. But thanks anyway.
I come to think of a new SF far to late... next trip I will plan more carefully.