Eileen McDougall

Actuary | Writer | Language learner | Perpetual traveller | London | Kathmandu | New Delhi

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

@RoyalMail I have done so, it would be good to get some response on this. Thanks

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

On 1st May, my father and I were disembarking the #calmac ferry on the island of #kerrera. There were 12 foot passengers & one @RoyalMail vehicle. As the passengers were walking up the slipway from the ferry, the @RoyalMail driver roared up the narrow road, shouting ‘out the way’

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

@RoyalMail So, I ask @RoyalMail, is it completely fine for one of their employees to drive straight into a crowd of pedestrians disembarking a small ferry, yelling at them to get out the way? Or are pedestrians free game on #kerrera?

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

@RoyalMail Regarding the reckless driving of their employee, providing license plate of vehicle and time of incident. The automatic reply came back saying they would get back to me within 4 working days. Nothing has come.

[Himal Southasian @HimalSouthasian]

The newly rebuilt Langtang village, after Nepal’s 2015 earthquake. Residents of Langtang fought to return to their homeplace, and rebuilt it themselves when government aid was slow to arrive. #NepalEarthquake2015 @nomadicnumerist writes https://t.co/xDtALKaacm

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

That gave me hope for the future of Nepal. Big thank you to @Himalistan for publishing this story, and to the people of Langtang for sharing it with me.

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

Today, it’s ten years since a huge 7.8 earthquake hit west Nepal, killing thousands. Last year I travelled to Langtang, one area devastated by the event, to see how the community had recovered. What I found was a story of resilience and strength 1/2
https://t.co/5BlnLeF4Hj #

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

@AJEnglish There are quite a few inaccuracies in this article. For example, they are not Tamang in Langtang.

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

Himalayan medicinal herbs are becoming much harder to find due to climate change and unregulated, commercial harvesting. I wrote about it for Earth Island Journal here:

https://t.co/dYwa1VMsRX

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

A story I was very privileged to tell now online in BBC Future:

https://t.co/Dm9bZhX6os

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

Words I wrote about my visit to Shekhawati in Rajasthan are online now. Thanks to Nat Geo Traveller UK for publishing:

https://t.co/jQsoSkS5my

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

A fun piece I wrote about my travels in Lower Mustang, Nepal. Thanks to @IntrepidTimes for publishing!

https://t.co/eRBb0KEVkL

[Frontier Myanmar @FrontierMM]

The drug epidemic caused by conflict and lawlessness in Myanmar after the 2021 coup has crossed the border to Thailand, with more refugees uprooted from their homes and families falling into addiction than ever.

Read here: https://t.co/wI4v7xOp0I

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

In rural Nepal, thousands of family paid for their basic needs from yartsa gunbu. But now it’s decreasing, from both over-picking and climate change. I wrote about it in the Diplomat.

https://t.co/famCQ9hWj3

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

Community forests contributed to increased forest cover in Nepal, now they are struggling to operate. @tankadhakal writes a great article examining the issues:

[The Third Pole @third_pole]

🇳🇵🌳 Nepal’s community forestry programme saved the country from ecological disaster, but a lack of institutional support, outmigration and new taxes is excluding millions from forest access.

✍️ @tankadhakal

🔎 Learn more:
https://t.co/HMAy7soFAj

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

Nepal’s once-thriving community forests face existential crisis https://t.co/tLiJJzLj3v

The Nepali government passes laws which its own Forestry department can’t cope with, threatening decades of progress. Great report @tankadhakal

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

This is a great piece about a grassroots initiative tackling wildlife poaching by @tankadhakal, and nicely focuses on the impact of anti-poaching laws on local communities

https://t.co/NIMPt8V4hJ

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

A very good read by @tankadhakal

https://t.co/Tg49huWesz

[Eileen McDougall @nomadicnumerist]

My first article for BBC Travel

https://t.co/Ep14TtrE1d