Category: music

  • Nepal’s new government

    Nepal’s new government is led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, who took office in spring 2026. People seem to be very happy with him. Two days ago, I travelled from Pokhara to Chitwan, and we had a stop at a café. They started to talk about the new Prime Minister, and they had his photo on the wall, as you can see below.

    Nepal prime minister

    He seems very popular, and they told me he used to be a rapper. Young people lead the government, and they have reduced the number of working days. Not only are Sundays days off, but now Saturdays are too. He will have about five years, I think, to make changes. A lot of corruption is being stopped.

    We passed by a bus, and the new Prime Minister was on the back of one of the local buses.

    Prime Minister Balendra Shah on a bus poster

    Yesterday evening, after the safari, we had a little get-together. The local people, the generations surviving malaria and Dengue fever, performed dances. We all had to join at the end, and we danced in a circle just like we do in Sweden during midsummer.

    After the traditional dance

    I guess this must be this trip’s music. Always some music when travelling. Professor Thapa sent me to the Electric Pagoda in Kathmandu, but that evening there was no music. I had a nice chat with the owner, and he showed me how the rhinos walk in the streets in Chitwan. That made me even more curious about the rhinos.

    As always, I like to be on time before travelling. Nice to relax a little and to enjoy the moment right now. Leaving Chitwan for Kathmandu. Ending by showing the new Prime Ministers rapping.


  • Algorithms and the Kuala Lumpur Petronas Towers

    I am now starting to be able to visualize my trip. It will be an adventure, and I must be prepared. There is a certain freedom in traveling alone even though I will now be visiting friends. People tend to be curious and want to speak with me. And I with them! If you travel in pairs or in a group, you mostly end up talking to each other.

    Sometimes unexpected events appear on my computer. Like today, when some kind of algorithm found music for me that I really loved right away. The small symphony orchestra, and especially the piano, reminded me of a concert I went to in Malaysia under the Petronas Towers. Yes, exactly, under the two towers on a Sunday morning. There were many of us waiting in line for the performance, and a couple from the Philippines started talking with me while we were waiting. They studied architecture. We became friends on Facebook, but after my ID was hijacked, we lost touch.

    Today, I am curious about what kind of music and theater I will experience during my trip. This song is in French. It will also be exciting to see if there are French influences in Nepal and India. In Vietnam, France has left their mark.

    A perfect song for the people in Nepal. When you do not have a house anymore 🙏🏼