Sweaty days

The heat has been turned on in Pokhara!! Everyday, it's getting incrementally hotter and hotter, I can gauge it mostly by how much I'm sweating by the time I bike to and from the hospital. And each day, I'm basically more soaked than the previous day. Also, the midday heat feels like a sauna.
Anyways enough about the heat, work at the hospital has been really good. Been treating a variety of cases, mostly SCI but some strange cases with unknown diagnoses. One is a possible meningitis/encephalitis with significant motor impairment. So, it's been a big challenge in many ways. By coincidence 2 staff from the SIRC are coming to Green Pastures so it's been/and going to be a bit of a reunion!
Bandhs (strikes blocking transport as they block the only highways/roads in the country) have been prevalent throughout the time I've been here. Today there was a countrywide bandh. So, effectively shutting down a lot of the country. More people were on the roads today and I actually felt a bit safe biking in town without the buses with blaring horns. Was planning to head to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha but due to bandhs, not sure if that will even be possible, and if it is, whether I can get back! Will keep you posted.