This is it. We are about to embark on the first shoot - although we have already shot some interviews and landscape footage, or "B Roll" during our time in Pokhara, so technically, we have begun shooting.
We are in Nepalganj with our invaluable production assistant, Nisha. We have just travelled 11 hours by private jeep from Pokhara - a vehicle big enough to accommodate the three of us and a significant amount of baggage although not when you consider we are a mobile film crew.
Already, as with any production, we have had our share of mishaps, hopefully, getting them out the way early. One of our brand new 2 TB drives started sounding like an electronic percussion instrument. We were due to leave Pokhara at 6am the next morning and I wasn't sure we'd get to Nepalganj in time to buy more drives so it was a mad dash on the back of the bike with Sabeen (from my family at Bishnu Lodge, the guest house that is my home in Pokhara), to see if we could find an open computer store. Everything was shut but Sabeen, being a resourceful lad, went round the back of a shop I had spotted as we'd headed into town and luckily the shopkeeper was still there. Two new drives and a big dent out of the contingency pot. But ke garné?
We made it to Nepalganj which is on the southern Terai of west Nepal. Tomorrow morning, all being well, we are due to fly to Jumla. This really is it.
