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Fri, 8 Apr 2011 | By pauluiza | Views [2523]
Destination – Nepal
– Kathmandu – Are we there Yeti?
We decide to leave
India in style. We pay (a lot for local standards) for a taxi from Darjeeling
in India to Kathmandu in Nepal, door to door. It’s nice to indulge sometimes. The hotel organizes
it ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Mar 2011 | By chrisaknight | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By chrisaknight | Views [3127]
As we trudged into the stone walled, medieval-looking town of Chame on day four (or was it five?) of the trek, I asked our porter what the day would look like tomorrow. In pidgin, barely intelligible English the answer came in his honest, emotionally-... Read more >
Tags: annapurna circuit, nepal, trekking
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By carolinita66 | Views [259] | Scholarship Entry
As I shuffle to the edge of the wooden platform and squint
apprehensively up at the alluring peak, I am distracted by a toothless grin,
framed by the encouraging eyes of the Nepali woman who sold me my restorative
coca cola. Her knowing nod ... Read more >
Tags: #2011writing, travel writing scholarship 2011
Fri, 25 Mar 2011 | By trektalker | Views [240] | Scholarship Entry
The prime purpose - a reasonably demanding mountain trek. Always a keen walker, I decided several years ago that one day I would visit either South America or Nepal to test my stamina by trekking in mountain conditions . Such was my trip to Sandakphu ... Read more >
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Thu, 24 Mar 2011 | By elawlor | Views [735] | Comments [2]
Today was our only real "rest" day: a day of shopping and eating chocolate cake in caves. Yesterday we returned from our 19-day hike in the Annapurnas. We staying in teahouses every night, ate dal baht and sipped tea, and spent our days walking ... Read more >
Tags: trekking
Wed, 23 Mar 2011 | By sratsthgin | Views [419] | Scholarship Entry
After two peaceful days in Nagarkot, our minivan bumping its way down the winding gravelled road, dropped us off halfway at the little hill town of Telkot, the starting point of the trek to our next destination, Changu Narayan. A flat stretch of trekking ... Read more >
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Mon, 21 Mar 2011 | By linsforc | Views [417] | Scholarship Entry
My face crumples in disgust as the earth shifts. In the dry season, miry ground here can mean only one thing. My feet engulfed in waste, I inhale refuse, coriander, sweat, and tangerine which sting my nose. Yet the tingling aroma is strangely welcome, ... Read more >
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Fri, 11 Mar 2011 | By dentedileone | Views [489]
Here's the article from Michela on the issue 243 of " Trekking and outdoor " :)))))
Mon, 7 Mar 2011 | By travel-tips | Views [22616] | Comments [2]
It's almost shameful
that Nepal is so synonymous with trekking, since it keeps many people from
considering it as a travel destination. With no interest in hiking the
Annapurna Circuit or making the Everest Trek that follows the path of the
medieval ... Read more >
Tags: annapurna mountains, homestays, locals, nepal, pokhara, shopping, tourism, travel, trekking, volunteering
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 | By hannah82 | Photo Gallery
Kathmandu Valley People
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Fri, 4 Mar 2011 | By elawlor | Views [1243]
Tony and I just spent about 2 weeks wwoofing on a coffee farm with a family in the remote village of Bhatkuwa, Nepal. I will be processing all of my thoughts and reactions for many days to come. It was like returning to Africa, where I am the only white ... Read more >
Tags: wwoofing
Wed, 2 Mar 2011 | By worldfestivals | Views [4389] | Video
Location: Khalna Tole, Bhaktapur, Nepal Dates: Mid-April (the beginning of the Nepali month of Baisakh) Level of Participation: 1 – watch the chariot rumble by Description: Bisket Jatra heralds the start of the Nepali New Year and is celebrated ... Read more >
Tags: bhaktapur, bisket jatra, nepal, nepal, world festivals
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 | By ahimsa | 
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Some pictures from my two months in Nepal in March & April 2010.
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Wed, 23 Feb 2011 | By ahimsa | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry
There were three Sadhus—Hindu holy men—on the trail in front of me. They were much further down the mountain, and I only could see occasional flashes of ambling red and yellow. As I eventually reached them they moved to the side of the trail. I offered ... Read more >
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