Tag: Travel Nepal
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Namaste, Nepal: Over Mountains and Forest and Seas
I’m flat on my arse on top of a muddy hill, my legs flailing and my feet scrambling around. As I fell backwards one of my shoes came off and is lying six feet ahead of me. My face is blushing because everyone that was on the bus with me up to the top of…
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Namaste, Nepal: It’s So Different Here
I love spending a day on two wheels. I’ve hired a bike. It cost me $12 for the day. Pokhara is a town that stands along the edge of Lake Phewa, and it’s also the gateway to the Annapurna ranges of the Himalayas. As such, most people who are trekking to the mountains will base…
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Namaste, Nepal: It’s a Holi-Holi Day
Are you going to play Holi? That’s the question that everyone in Nepal has been asking me since I got here. Of course, the (former) English teacher and current editor/proofreader in me wants to correct it to take part in, but we’ll let that one slide. And yes, I am going to participate in the…
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Namaste, Nepal: Remain the Same (Bhaktapur day 2)
Morning in Bhaktapur. I’ve had a great sleep, and now I’m hungry so I head up to the rooftop to eat breakfast. It’s still hazy out there, and I’ve learnt by now that the mountains I can just about make out through the haze are definitely not the Himalayas in any capacity. Om, the receptionist…
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Namaste, Nepal: Bhaktapur
After Boudhanath stupa, I fold my 6ft 5in frame back into the front of the “taxi” and we begin our journey to Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley. We begin to wind our way out of the city and into the country and the roads out here are atrocious. I have to put my hand against…
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Namaste, Nepal: Running Up That Hill
For all my talk of liking to do things alone and wandering around getting lost in new cities, there are times when I feel like I would like the company of others. My friends Marc and Yvonne visited Nepal a couple of years before I did, and Yvonne puts me in touch with a chap…
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