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Nepal Slideshow
Nepal
Travel Blogs from Nepal
Five days in Nepal
This is a top pick! ... city, there are just less people walking around. It somehow also seems a wealthier place than any Indian city I have been (even though Nepal is even poorer than India) - there are less beggars and poor-looking people around... maybe they've all fled to ...
Over The Top!!!
This is a top pick! ... bag and retire to the very inviting warmth of the dining room. We all sat round the table chatting about anything other than trekking! David celebrated with a bottle of Nepal's finest - Everest beer. At that point I was happy to never do that ...
The Annapurna Circuit 2011
This is a top pick! ... ) You can rely on blankets at the lodges for extra warmth 1 fake Mountain Hardware gloves – 1 pair mittens (purchased in Nepal) 1 fake Nalgene bottle (purchased in Nepal) 2 warm winter hats (one for trekking, one for sleeping) 1 ...
Kathmand-RE-DO
This is a top pick! ... back into travel/tourist mode I crossed on foot confidently across a bridge that to put me in Karkarbhitta, officially back in Nepal. Midway across, I was approached by an Indian woman coming the opposite direction. Inquiring as to my destination, to my ...
Nepal - Kathmandu
This is a top pick! ... . All of a sudden the power cut out, nothing unusual in South East Asia as we had discovered during the past 5 months, but Nepal do things slightly differently. The power was out for about 45 minutes before we went down to reception to ask if they knew ...
Did Li Bai come to Lijiang?
This is a top pick! I recently saw this quote from Chinese poet Li Bai next to some photos of canals in Lijiang. I wonder if he ever made it to Lijiang? You ask me why I dwell in the green mountain; I smile and make no reply for my heart is free of care. As the ...
Frozen Trekking and High Passes....
This is a top pick! ... to Nylam via high passes with fabulous views of Shishapangma (8012m). Following day make way to 'friendship bridge' border with Nepal. The valley suddenly became very green, lush and verdant after the tibeten plateau. Nitty Gritty: Started trek to ...
Around and about
This is a top pick! ... Khumjung, a well-to-do Sherpa village. The village was prospered recently into one of the wealthiest regions of Nepal, the locals make a lot of money from all the mountaineering expeditions. The word Sherpa comes from ...
Pokhing around Pokhara (CONTAINS VIDEO)
This is a top pick! ... a crystal clear lake. Unfortunately, the closest we get to this postcard view is in the many souvenir shops. Nepal's hot weather and lack of rain has created an unchanging smoky haze that completely blocks out the mountains and makes the lake ...
Lead me to the end of 4000 steps
This is a top pick! ... . Opening our bedroom door onto the hostels courtyard, the hostel owner smiles at us and our breakfast is ready. In rural Nepal all food should be ordered together and at least an hour in advance. Sometimes so they can source the ingredients from ...
West Bengal
This is a top pick! ... . There is much prayer, singing, dancing and fireworks during the Durga Puja or Diwali Hindu festival time in India, as in Nepal. At the end of the festival, the Goddesses are sent into the Ganges River and the fascades dismantled by the villagers. It ...
you are now entering another world....
This is a top pick! I am in Kathmandu now, which is another planet! There seem to be millions of people all trying to use the same bit of road- along with motor bikes, bicycles, rickshaws, cars and cattle. So you get very good at dodging things. It's ok- everything honks ...
Last two days in Kathmandu
This is a top pick! ... ! We booked a room with a ceiling fan that actually works so that's a bonus. We have spent our last two days in Nepal being very lazy. Yesterday we went to the Ghats where the bodies are cremated and we also visited the Tibetan Boudhanath Stupa. All ...
UNESCO World Heritage
This is a top pick! Bhaktapur is a UNESCO World Heritage city and makes an easy day trip from Kathmandu. It only takes one hour in a bus to cover the 8 miles (13km) to get there! In the name of extreme laziness, I am going to post this as a photo entry only ...
Poon Hill Trek, Day 2
This is a top pick! · Ghorepani, Nepal · GMT + 5.75hrs · Altitude: 9,075ft (2750 metres) · Day 2 Altitude gain: 2,670ft (810 metres) · Hours walked: 5 Up-up-up, down-down-down, up-up-up, down-down-down "I see a mountain Dave!" were the first words I head ...
Trip from Thailand to Nepal!
This is a top pick! ... I make the wise deision to check that my flight to nepal was still going ahead (if you remember i got a cheaper flight to Nepal via Royal Nepalese airlines) I obtained a telephone number for them and made the call.... no answer. I queried this with the ...
Heading pie-wards
This is a top pick! We finally had to tear ourselves away from the idyll that was Gokyo. Tom headed off with Jason, David and the other Americans, who promised to feed his 13 addiction as they headed over the Cho La pass. They also bandaged my foot and gave me a supply of ...
Gurus, Tulkus, and the Definitive Meaning
This is a top pick! ... then arrived to Nepal as the government and Maoists shook hands, ending years of war on paper. Newspapers proclaimed a "New Nepal:" "Die's Cast: War's Past, Peace to Last." Happiness prevailed in the streets. Bands of Maoists walking the streets yelling, ...
Circuit Days 11 - 15, Muktinath to Pokhara
This is a top pick! Circuit Days 11-15 Muktinath to Beni There was a huge Buddist/Hindu temple complex at Muktinath that is a pilgrimage site for both religions so after breakfast we walked up to look at that. The days decents were faster of course than climbing but ...
That's One Kool Kat
This is a top pick! Kathmandu, described as Asia's quirkiest city, also demonstrates one of the most unique driving strategies I ever experienced. I rented a motorbike for a day and was able to partake in this chaos first hand. What I found was that the ...
Gokyo
This is a top pick! DAY 7 Machhermo (4410m) to Gokyo (4750m) It had snowed overnight so we walked up in the snow passing an empty lodge, some fields and a couple of trekkers coming down. The path followed the milky river, and had been chipped out of the cliff face. At one ...
Prelude to happening from Naya Pul
This is a top pick! ... closed because of the danger of avalanches. South Koreans and Russians are surprisingly, two countries very well represented by trekkers in Nepal. They must be fans of cheap walking holidays. The roof top ride turns out to be a social and comfortable way ...
additional trek details
This is a top pick! ... stop so that you can be in awe of your surroundings. Our fellow trekkers: We did hit the circuit during the height of the Nepal trekking season, October and November, so the trek was also a fun social event. For the most part we spent our time walking ...
ELEPHANTS, MOUNTAINS AND THE END OF THE MONSOON
This is a top pick! Having returned to Bangkok without the assistance of any Thai Travel Agents (now rated just lower than surveyors) we had one final day to pack in some more Starbucks and a bit more tourism. Nick was revolting (ha ha) at the idea of returning to my lovely ...
Arrived in Kathmandu
This is a top pick! ... both sitting on the right hand side of the plane and so had great views of Everest and the Himalaya range as we flew into Nepal. Kanchana took lots of pictures. We were met at the airport by Namada, who is very nice, and traveled to Thamel ...
Another Shitty Border Town..
This is a top pick! Not much happening here. Just a photo of Kat crossing the border to Nepal. Typical border town shitfights with touts and rickshaw drivers but we got through relatively unscathed. Looking forward to some good food and a relatively relaxed atmosphere ...
Motorcycle diaries
This is a top pick! Our Nepal video has now been uploaded! Check it out, along with all our other vids, on the Contents page (the first entry of this travelogue). Following a quiet recovery day, we meet up with Sue and Shanti on Wednesday in Thamel, Kathmandu's ...
Whiling away
This is a top pick! ... , and after a long and rich history during which the region splintered and coalesced under a variety of absolute rulers, Nepal became a constitutional monarchy. The monarchy served the country through some difficult times but was always viewed as somewhat ...
Waypoints and naypoints
This is a top pick! ... line, for it's families that battle for their centimetres of lebensraum, not the single, bedraggled beggarman so stereotypically imagined. Nepal's pavements function in their more traditional sense. They are used for walking on, not for walking over a ...
Top of the World Trek Oct 8-21
This is a top pick! ... prey on tourists like me. After six months of traveling I've finally succumbed to the idea of "going with the flow." I arrived to Nepal with absolutely no plan other than to do one of the big treks. At first I was leaning in favor of doing the Annapurna ...