You've got mail, maybe, and so do I, sometimes. I am a foreigner living in Kathmandu for the past 15 months. I have sent and received many packages and letters to and from the USA and Italy. Most of these parcels came and left Nepal by hand carrier exactly because of what you mentioned in your article (#23).
Last week the organisation I work for sent out a newsletter with a circulation of about 400 recipients, 385 of whom are outside of Nepal. We decided to take the time and bear the extra expense to find people travelling overseas to post it from a foreign country. Mission accomplished; we covered Southeast Asia from Australia, North America from the USA, and Europe from Germany. I have already received notice from people who received our newsletter in the USA and Europe, but am yet to hear from recipients in Nepal! Ke garne, yo Nepal ho!

Paolo Bonetti
Bishal Nagar