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Hike during day off While continuously trekking for days might make you dread more hikes, it is always a good idea to hike during your rest days....
Issue 170 | January 2016
The top signifier that you are in the Everest region is not the prayer flags strewn at every possible nook, or the cryptic looking mane stones with Buddhist chants sculpted...
Hike during day off While continuously trekking for days might make you dread more hikes, it is always a good idea to hike during your rest days....
Life in the mountains is hard and demanding; no wonder the food is nutritious and filling. Syakpa Made from vegetables and meat, the ingredients of syakpa, or Sherpa...
Affectionately known as Paala, or father, 78 year old Pasang Thundup resides at the lodge he runs for visitors at Tengboche. With the animated disposition that comes to an inebriated...
The awareness of life is chased at its heels by the awareness that it, too, is finite. Innocence dies in the moment corruption is recognized, and death is the great...
What is that one gift that you value the most from your wedding, Hajurma?” I asked my grandmother. My hajurma married at the age of 18, in...
High up in the Makalu region, trekking along remote trails, and during the season of the great earthquakes…what an adventure! Nepal is a land of breathtaking beauty around every...
The April 25 earthquake devastated the otherwise picturesque region of Langtang; here’s a first-hand account of the horrific experience. The air is cool, but sweet. Far from...
What looked like tiny cabins from afar, later turned out to be extraordinary villas that you could live in forever. Pokhara has three of the 10 tallest mountains in...
Winter hiking can be even more fun and beautiful than hiking in comfortable weather. It is only during winters that you get to walk through meadows decked with dew drops...
Ski mountaineering is a skill that can prove invaluable to the mountain guides of Nepal, but attaining this skill is not an easy task. September 23, 2012,...
Bouddhanath Stupa is where one goes to find a deeper meaning of one’s existence; it is where one finds oneself. Everyone who arrives at the stupa of Bouddhanath gets...
“In the Blink of an eye, we can all make a difference”- Maggie Doyne, BlinkNow Founder, & CNN Hero of the Year. After high school, New Jersey...
After weeks of dry, sunny weather it rained hard last night. Now, at first light, here at Fewa Hotel on Pokhara’s lakeside, I’m sipping a cup of Mike’s bold organic...
Among the sub-plots running throughout the series are several hunting scenes. They reflect the skills of a knowledgeable writer. Kathmandu’s Deepak S. Rana has written a set of interlinked...