Its capital Kathmandu, this rugged Himalayan land famous as home to Mount Everest and Annapurna is calm these days, and still pretty popular with the trekking and backpacking set. Great for Buddhist and Hindu temples, too.

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4 Best Short Treks in Nepal to Explore

Nepal is known because of its high mountains and trekking traits. However, it is challenging to explore these treks, which is why travellers want to go with the shortest ones. So, this thread is going to share one of the best and shortest treks in Nepal:Ghandruk Trek If you are willing to explore a trek in a rural area with veggies and stone stairs, then you should consider Ghandruk Trek. It can take 3-4 days to finish your beautiful journey among the most natural sceneries. The highest point…

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Top 5 spiritual spots around Kathmandu

At a height of around 1,400 meters (4,600 feet) up in the Himalaya Mountains, the capital of Nepal (pop. 2.5 million) remains an exotic magnet for travelers from all over the world looking to quench their wanderlust, whether they visit independently or with Kathmandu tour packages. And for very good reason this is dubbed "the city of temples" - most of them of the 80-percent-majority Hindu religion but also sites very important to Buddhism, especially as this region is held by tradition to be…

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Lumpini cited in '13 of the World's Most Spiritual & Sacred Places'

“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.”                          ― U.S. novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, & cultural critic Wendell Berry If you’re a "seeker," who travels in part to deepen your religious and spiritual life, you'll want to read this post to learn more about the 13 most spiritual and sacred places that you can visit once travel starts opening up again. These pilgrimage spots are not merely examples of extraordinary…

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  • Find out why CNN Travel recently included Mustang Valley on its list of top spots to visit in 2023: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/where-to-travel-best-destina...
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  • What with all the trekking and the temples, the other stuff Nepal has to offer visitors can get lost in the shuffle. So I was interested to come across this: https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/cooking-classes-nepal
    Explore Nepal Through Its Cuisine with These Cooking Classes
    Explore the history and culture of Nepal by taking a cooking class in Kathmandu and learning how to make momos in a Tibetan refugee camp. The more yo…
  • Many visitors sign onto tour groups when trekking in Nepal, but apparently plenty do it on their own. Well, as of April for safety reasons that will be banned in the country's national parks - including the popular Annapurna Circuit and widening a previous prohibition on solo trekking/climbing on mountains within the national territory: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/world/asia/nepal-solo-trekking-b...
  • Here's another article in the wake of the Pokhara plane crash, talking about the safety of internal travel in Nepal and the context of the country's all-important tourism industry: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-21/inside-nepals-tourism-indust...
    Nepal hosts the 'world’s most dangerous airport' — so why do tourists keep taking the risk?
    Regular visitors to Nepal are very familiar with the risks that come with travelling throughout the country, but it's unlikely to stop them from goin…
  • Nepal is considered among the world's riskiest places to fly, CNN just reported on how the recent crash three days ago near Pokhara underscores why: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/15/asia/nepal-air-travel-risks-intl...
    https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/15/asia/nepal-air-travel-risks-intl/index.html
  • An interesting look by BBC travel at the Himalayas' "beyuls", hidden paradise valleys: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220830-the-himalayas-hidden-pa...
    The Himalaya's hidden 'paradise valleys'
    According to Tibetan Buddhists, their location will only be revealed at very specific moments in time when the world is under enormous stress and in…
  • Wow it looks like Russia's war against Ukraine has even reached the Nepalese Himalayas. The BBC reports that the Ukrainian embassy in New Delhi has issued a diplomatic note to Nepal's government requesting it ban Russian mountaineers until the end of their country's invasion! So far, though, no change: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60915320
    Ukraine calls for Nepal to ban Russian climbers from Himalayas
    Nepal has issued permits to nine Russian climbers despite a Ukrainian call for them to be banned.
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