Getting to grips with language learning and everyday life here

We have been here three weeks now and I am getting used to the heat and dust and the noises of the city.  I am even sleeping through most of the barking dogs at night.
Both our neighbours here have chickens so waking to the sound of the cockerel crowing remind me of Devon.
Every day we walk or taxi to the UMN office in central Kathmandu. We have 2 -3 hours of 1 to 1 lessons each day and my language is coming back very quickly, I am remembering more than I knew I knew! Both Nepali and ex-pat colleagues are very friendly and I already feel part of the team.
They say a picture tells a thousand words, so here are a few:
The street children collecting rubbish who I gave bananas too, my fruit and veg seller, the old lady who sells corn on the cob cooked on a fire at the side of the road with big vehicles going by. Animals and birds can be seen even in the city , here is a picture of fruit bats in the trees above the main road also one of a monkey that had been chewing the electrical cables above the street.