It's interesting to hear that there are more similarities than differences even with a non European country. It goes to show how easy it is to make assumptions when we haven't experienced things. Is Nepal more tropical than SA, is that what makes it feel warmer there?

I started cooking from scratch more again when we came here and learnt to cook a wider range of foods. Do you find that some fruits and vegetables are harder to come by here? For us what was available was very similar to what we could get in the UK, but the more tropical fruits were much better. I'd never tasted a sweet kiwifruit before coming here. 😆

We'll have to try Khukuri. I don't think I've tried Nepalese food before.

I noticed a lot more people seem to have allergies here, but I'm not sure why. Nearly everywhere has gluten free options too. I was talking to my sister over Christmas and she was telling me that not many places in the UK have gluten free options even now, yet here it's in high demand and some places are even completely gluten free. I've developed intolerances to wheat recently, so gluten free is on my radar.

people run all the time, even in the sunny mid day

We'll need to change that saying "only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun" to include Aussies. 😆 I have to admit to wondering if some people are crazy when I see them running on scorching hot days. Rainy days I can just about understand, but not in the heat.