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Nepal Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Nepal
Again and again and again and...
This is a top pick! ... you want it or not, at a tenth the price of home, and at least half the price that they initially offer. The centre of Nepal, from which you must leave for every adventure, and to which you must return in order to go anywhere else or get anything done. ...
Day 29: Cow Poop & Calamine
This is a top pick! ... best Hut hangouts to date, with many giggles about toxic Indian beaches (the Brits were planning on traveling there after Nepal) and scary flights into Kathmandu. Apparently the pilot on Andy's flight circled the city for hours until the weather ...
Roof surfing!
This is a top pick! ... the driver of the coach who demanded 250 ruppees from each passenger! That's only 2 quid but when you consider that the average wage in Nepal is 45 ruppees a day, you could see that he was trying to rip us off! He was trying to drain us of 2000 ...
An early return......
This is a top pick! ... knew eachother well, and I had to try and break the mould and make friends. This proved difficult in the situation..... I had travelled to Nepal to be with Rob for our birthdays... he had now left and I had been forced into a group of people whom i ...
Chitwan National Park
This is a top pick! ... In the late afternoon we took a brief walking tour of a Tharu village, one of over 60 ethnic groups that occupy parts of Nepal. Despite a few modern advancements, the people still live simply off the land. The walls of their houses consist of ...
Hindu Festival
This is a top pick! 27.9.06 Tistung 2220 meters. Nepal We did a foolish thing this morning. We tried to drive out of Kathmandu all by ourselves. After stopping 4 times to ask for directions, each one conflicting, we realized even the locals didn't know how to get out of ...
All I Did In Kathmandu...
This is a top pick! Our stay in Kathmandu was fairly uneventful, mostly due to Maoist organized strikes and some really intense bacterial infections in our intestines. Yup, just when we´re supposed to be enjoying all this new found energy from biking at 4000+ meters every ...
Thorong-La Pass and to Mukinath
This is a top pick! ... from Jomsom. When we are hungry we go back to the hotel and eat chips with an interesting Swedish man who is sitting studying Nepali language. He is a volunteer in Nepal and had previously volunteered in an elephant camp near Kanchanaburi, ...
To Jomsom this time
This is a top pick! ... one place in Nepal where she shouldn't go out by herself. We passed the Army barracks which seemed besieged and then got to the touristy area. The hotel was quite nice and I had the best shower I was to have in Nepal, but I don't think much of the ...
Katmandu hoo hoo!
This is a top pick! ... about Durbar Square and the rest of the main attractions in Kathmandu is they are all stupid prices for entry, especially for Nepal! Again the Western visitors are overcharged! We also visited the............ temple and climbed the many steps to the top, ...
Sicknesses due to Tatopani
This is a top pick! ... . Today is only about 15km but we are ascending slightly. I am happy to leave Tatopani and will be happy to never return. Nepal was not long ago a secluded Himalayan kingdom cut off from the world. So far on the walk we have seen numerous small ...
Interview with a Nepali Waiter-cum-philosopher
This is a top pick! ... Nepal. The mind of the people must be changed. The qualified must be respected. If unqualified people are selected, then Nepal develops slowly. To change there must be appropriate eduation. But there is not a proper education in Nepal. Eduation ...
clouds with rocks in
This is a top pick! ... of the wing. So I got up early, determined to be allocated a great seat and get amazing mountain views. I had forgotten that this is Nepal. First step was to get a taxi. The hotel had assured me that this would be easy. So 4.30 saw me traipsing through ...
Day 1, Pt.3: My Host Family
This is a top pick! Continuing on... The littlest brother, who calls me "brotterrr!!", worked on his English homework for a bit though his ADD hampered things, while the family's grandpa popped in and out to shout what I think were random Nepali jokes at us. I just ...
Catching up in Kathmandu
This is a top pick! ... selling Nepalese artwork and puppets. From there we headed out of the main city to Boudhanath, the biggest Stupa in Nepal - it really is beautiful - a huge stupa rising out of the city with colourful flags hanging all around - these have ...
Drink, get drunk and be merry!
This is a top pick! ... a young girl (english) asks us to walk her to her hotel. Being drunken gents that we were we of course accepted her offer but Nepal at this time of night isn't dangerous so I guess she just wanted the company! The long and short was we went back to her ...
Leaving Kathmandu
This is a top pick! We drove in a car from Kathmandu to Besisahar (altitude 760m). Nice to leave Kathmandu and start seeing the countryside. The drive wasn't too bad. I thought it would be worse. Lunch along the way was our first try at Dal Bhat, ...
Beautiful Marpha
This is a top pick! ... apple orchards surround the lovely town. Its just a picture book town. In my notes that Ive cut from peoples travel diaries of Nepal I had written that the Neeru GH has one room with its own electric hot water system - LOOK OUT HERE WE COME... hot ...
A few days I hope
This is a top pick! ... , ferns, monkeys and small waterfalls. But it has been a long day for Kanchana. Oh - one more observation from today. In Nepal I notice a lot of babies crying. Often babies are left to sit or lay by themselves here and of course they cry as babies ...
Makalu-Barun, part I: To Khandbari with Sandy
This is a top pick! ... suffer." "I think you'd be a good prime minister," I said, after listening to his thoughts on a peaceful, prosperous Nepal. That night, fireworks lit the streets, marking the beginning of the Tihar festival, which celebrates Laksmi, goddess of ...
*Day 44: The Wrath of Phenyl
This is a top pick! ... aims and dreams were definitely one of the subjects. Sleep followed soon after. I should note that of all the western comforts Nepal lacks and I miss, mattresses have surprisingly not been one of them. My sleep has been just as good on their dinky ...
Rocks don't move
This is a top pick! On the 3rd November I was up bright and early again to go rafting with Ultimate Descents. We drove to the Bhote Kosi river, which flows from Tibet, to raft the lower section as a training day in preparation for the more challenging rapids of the second ...
Annapurna Trek
This is a top pick! ... . (26,000 ft+) We had clear views several times of these peaks. There are 14 - 8,000 meter peaks in the world, and 8 are in Nepal. Most are around Everest.(8.848 mt) I'll see Everest from the Tibetan side later this month. I'll ride there, as I am done ...
End of the walk
This is a top pick! ... same person who goes to all the public toilets in Australia and Malaysia and makes a mess and never flushes has gotten to Nepal before us. Hmmm, meeting and talking to people like Gavin, the climate change scientist, and his family, it makes you think ...
A gut-bustin' not-so-good time in Kathmandu....
This is a top pick! ... of a country-wide strike, called by the Maoist rebels and other anti-government groups, which have become a regular part of life in Nepal. Basically, all shops have to be closed and all taxis off the streets; if someone disobeys because they, for example, ...
Trekking the Annapurna Circuit
This is a top pick! ... I see the mountains in their glory. Now I am ready for my trek. Due to my airline ticket which has me flying out of Nepal on Dec. 4, I cannot do the 21 day full Annapurna circuit. I choose the 5 day abbreviated return trek from Nyapul to Ghorepani, and ...
No Guide, No Problem! - The Annapurna Circuit
This is a top pick! ... nbsp; Glen woke us by knocking on the door, and I hopped out of bed to retrieve the other little things I had as presents... a little Nepal flag patch for his backpack and a bracelet I had bought from a lady on the way when he wasn't looking :) Then ...
Tales of Three Cities
This is a top pick! ... room, using my right hand, as a tour guide pitched me a sale and the sadhus smoked. As tourists are not coming to Nepal because of the persistent civil strife, these tour guides were desparate for work. Most would follow me, being friendly, and slowly ...
Himalayan Trek Day 1: Kathmandu-Lukla-Phakding
This is a top pick! Kathmandu Altitude: 1,337 m Lukla Altitude: 2,840 m Phakding Altitude: 2,610 m Despite his shy personality and slow, broken English, we'd chosen KC, a weathered but gentle 33, to be our guide for a long walk in the mountains. The communication ...