Nepal Travel Blogs

... , but the situation didn't help what was already becoming one of the greatest bouts of trepidation I've had since arriving in Nepal. This hospital, if the infamy was to be believed, could render me sleepless for the next week. The bus dropped us off at ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by sirrocko711
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... and me can wander up here, and with no background in trekking can die.... God bless "The Himalayan Rescue Association of Nepal" and their life saving facts. Some time later: We have just returned from a movie hall (projector screen) and watched "into ...

A travel blog entry from Pokhara by thomaswguy
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... amazing, absolutely the best bakery we've seen yet outside of home, and it has spawned a million attempts to imitate it throughout Nepal, all unsuccessful. I don't know how or why it exists, but I will be forever grateful. We also took a stroll to a nearby ...

A travel blog entry from Everest base camp by zee
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From Kala Pattar we returned to Lobouche, this time staying the night in the very lovely Sherpa lodge. The day stayed clear, and sunset was spectacular, with Lhotse glowing gold like molten metal. The weather held the next day, and I have to say I have ...

A travel blog entry from Sagarmatha National Park by fyrelizard
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Woke up very early to meet my guide & depart for Pokhara, Nepal's "other big city" (it's more like a glorified mountain town.) Janu is his name, and he is an amicably smiley and soft-spoken fellow, if a bit difficult to strike up conversation with. We ...

A travel blog entry from Pokhara by sirrocko711
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... to fill in time while Chinese and Indian visas were sorted out for us (there should be ominous music here... the words organised and Nepal really don't occur in the same context very often). We had learnt our lesson, and paid the extra 50 rupees (that's ...

A travel blog entry from Chitwan National Park by zee
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Today was the festival of Indra Jatra, one of the major festivals in the Kathmandu valley. The legend goes that the rain god Indra was causing havoc, and flooding the valley, so the young men set out to put a stop to it. They captured Indra and ordered ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by fyrelizard
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We made the most of our early awakening at Tengboche and set off. Guess the direction? Yes, up! We were on the trail by 8- 9 being our usual- and soon worked out the big plus point of a slightly later start when we got caught in the Himalayan equivalent ...

A travel blog entry from Sagarmatha National Park by fyrelizard
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So I took my first dump today.   Yeah, Asian squat toilets... not a fan. It was a sort of backfired, uneventful day otherwise. Ranu & I were set to visit the Boudhanath Stupa after she was done with the day's language training class, one of ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by sirrocko711
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I went to an amazing Buddhist temple yesterday called Swayambhunath. It's on a big hill near the city. Quite a climb- good practise for trek! Stunning stupa, with loads of prayer flags everywhere. They are put up by worshippers and have mantras written ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by fyrelizard
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... , and Sani all made adorable little crayola-forged going away cards for me, a favor I returned by bestowing what must have been Nepal's largest Cadbury Bar on them. Meanwhile, Sushaan bounced off the walls per usual. Oh Sushaan. I slept like a baby and ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by sirrocko711
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... of people that desperately sought to escape Kathmandu after the blockade, and jumped on a local bus to Gorkha, the old capital of Nepal, and the birthplace of the famous soldiers of the same name who are eagerly poached by the British SAS. The story goes ...

A travel blog entry from Gorkha by zee
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... day in Pokhara we decided to demonstrate our unadventurousness and go and do something mundane- like golf. We forgot that in Nepal nothing is mundane. The Himalaya golf course is an 18 hole course that appears normal enough at first. Despite the heat ...

A travel blog entry from Pokhara by zee
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... infact I became a bit impartial to it..hee hee.. and every time I smell animal manure from now on I will think of Nepal....hehehehehe .... anyway......arrived Dana which was a bit of a hole compared to Ghasa which had been the planned stop but itll be ...

A travel blog entry from Kalopani and Dana by themurphys
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... if they even had one. I sucked it up, got the meat (local butcher shop btw = I'm officially vegetarian until I leave Nepal), and hired a taxi. The taxi got halfway there before being stopped by road construction. The only direct road between Pepsikola and ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by sirrocko711
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... poured out. It makes a pretty good lullaby. He slept well I think. I did not. I've changed my flight to leave Nepal a weekish early... the nerves are buckling. ---Vital Signs--- Yetis Hunted = 12 Tibetans Freed = I have now single handedly freed all ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by sirrocko711
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As a contrast to the mountains, and because I fancied being pampered for a few days, I escaped from the dust and noise of Kathmandu to Chitwan, a national park in the flat terai to the south of the country. My accomodation was wonderful; my very own ...

A travel blog entry from Chitwan National Park by fyrelizard
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So yeah, I land, the organization guy, Suganda, is relieving there to meet me, and off we go to meet the Nepali family who'll be giving me a home for the next two months. It's on the outskirts of the city, in their equivalent of a suburb I guess, which ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by sirrocko711
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Coincidence is an amazing thing... I put a message on the Lonely Planet site to give a report on Kathmandu at the moment, as they like to have regular updates from people who are actually here- other people's reports reassured me so I thought I'd pass ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by fyrelizard
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We headed from Chitwan back to Pokhara to jump on a whitewater adventure which all of the brochures and travel agents had been harping to us about. Three days and two nights of thrills, spills and fun in the sun: we were psyched. Anyway, we rocked up ...

A travel blog entry from Kali Gandhaki river by zee
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There shall be no entries between now and sometime early next week, due to increasing busy-ness and time at the internet-less orphanage. The next post will be long and epic, however. I promises. Quick Bullet Points of News: - Spent last night at the ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by sirrocko711
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Stan, Norman, Guy Who Owns The Hut, and Girl Whose Name I Forgot all left the hotel early for a four day trek through the southern jungle, won't be seeing them again until at least Monday.  We "slept in" till about 8ish, though I woke up early to ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by sirrocko711
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... the adventure as mum would say. Bhaktapur is Nepals most visited day trip and is just about compulsory for anyone coming to Nepal. Most tourists come by tourist but from Kathmandu arriving at about 10.30am and leaving at 4pm for the return trip. That ...

A travel blog entry from Nagarkot and Bhaktapur by themurphys
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Another beautiful day for trekking... About an hour before we reached Tatopani the path became a real mess and the path just disappeared under rubble. We had to pick our way through the slatty rubble which slid (and which was sloping) and we thought of ...

A travel blog entry from Tatapani by themurphys
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After returning to Dingboche for a night, we walked up to Thukla. In the snow. We could see where we were going (useful considering the very steep drop to our left) and walked on a very wide slope, so we could stay well away from the edge and any slippery ...

A travel blog entry from Sagarmatha National Park by fyrelizard
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... . I was feeling pretty flat so we walked around it slowly then went up on a roof top restaurnat (yep everybuilding in Nepal has put in a rooftop restaurant..bloody steps...) hee... for some tea and veggie momos - delicious before making our way back ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by themurphys
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... continued on his merry way once the mob moved on.  Crazy stuff, but it never affects quiet little Pepsi-ColaTown.  Nepal isn't a very unified country; if one city goes crazy, another might not even hear about it let alone give a care. ...

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by sirrocko711
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... day, good for both me and the country.  Nepalis officially a free country!  The King has been given fifteen days to get out of Dodge.  Yay for Nepal.  I'd muse about this a bit more but someone needs the computer.  Toodles.

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by sirrocko711
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Travelling from Luza to Gokyo, the scenery became more rocky and wild and the valley closed in. We were trekking beside streams and waterfalls of clear water, refreshingly cool to splash on my face. In places where the rock had worn away, the water formed ...

A travel blog entry from Sagarmatha National Park by fyrelizard
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... wind. ---Vital Signs--- Yetis Hunted = 15 Foot = Almost Healed Food Poisonings = 0 Possible Lice = Wasn't lice, just a dry scalp. Days Remaining in Nepal = 6 at the time of writing (Wed) Gift Status = Two secured, two other requests almost secured

A travel blog entry from Kathmandu by sirrocko711
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