 | Because it was there
2009-11-19, Mount Everest, Nepal. By: frankieboy | | 18/11/2009
Mount Everest
I did a fly over/fly around Mount Everest today. After a 4 hour delay because of bad weather off we went. Fly over Mount Everest is like climbing it right. Actually eve... |
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 | How do you stop a rhino from charging
2009-11-17, Chitwan, Nepal. By: frankieboy | | 17/11/2009
I went down west to visit the jungle. I think Nepal is one of the few places in the world where you can actually walk (as opposed to being in a jeep). As you enter the park you are give... |
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 | What the hell was that
2009-11-14, Katmandu, Nepal. By: frankieboy | | Kathmandu
Strait from the Kathmandu Customs document. This is verbatim:
Visitors are allowed:
Cigarettes 200 sticks
Cigars 500 sticks
Alcohol liquor 1.15 l
One binocular
One movie camera ... |
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 | So much to write, so little time...
2009-11-05, Pokhara Valley, Nepal. By: ldryden | | Just for the record, it was Andrew's turn to write this one...but he ditched out. Can't say I mind tho, cuz there are a few pretty funny stories that he probably wouldn't have shared with you. Shall w... |
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 | 14 days and 1 pair of socks..
2009-10-20, Everest, Nepal. By: ldryden | | So we left Kathmandu on October 5th to fly to Lukla and begin our trek to Everest base camp. Flying into Lukla was like being in a James Bond movie. It felt like our little propellor plane was dodging... |
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 | Vancouver to Kathmandu in 50 hours
2009-10-03, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: ldryden | | Well me and Laura finally made it to Nepal. After about a 50 hour trip which involved a cancelled flight and about 15 hours spent in the Delhi airport, we passed out in our guesthouse in Kathmandu.
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 | Back in the Kath...
2009-06-27, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. By: ahearron | | Ok, so I'm back here in Kathmandu, and my trip is pretty much concluded. I bought knives, jewelry, cd's, dvd's, and just about everything else my little heart desired. Seriously, I bought probably $40... |
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| Butwal
2009-06-26, Butwal, Nepal. By: ahearron | | Ok, this entry is gonna be short, but I promise I'll have more by tomorrow morning, as soon as I wake up (which will be your tonight). I have a whole bunch of pictures, but I need to go through and fi... |
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 | Dawa
2009-06-23, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. By: ahearron | | Does that name really mean anything to anyone? I'm pretty sure it means nothing to his parents. No, scratch that, I know it means nothing to his parents. How could it when he's lived on the streets si... |
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| Ragpickers
2009-06-23, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. By: ahearron | | I got to go down to the river and clark and I took some stuff over to one of the ragpicker slums. I took a couple pictures, but not very many at all. I hate taking pictures of other people's lives. Ho... |
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| This place...
2009-06-22, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. By: ahearron | | It's crazy here. I don't know why, (because I didn't really expect anything for certain), but it's not what I expected here at all. Check out my pictures of the temple and a tiny bit of the city. Clar... |
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 | Chillin with the Jensens
2009-06-21, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. By: ahearron | | Ok, so I finally landed in Kathmandu. It's hot here. Most of you know I hate flying, but all my bad flights in the world were worth it to actually see Mt. Everest with my own eyes. Seriously! I saw it... |
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 | The Wisdom In Death
2009-03-05, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: Damo | | Once again, walking out of the vipassana centre, the world seemed like a brighter, better place and this was confirmed when I discovered that a week earlier, the US had elected as their next President... |
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 | Nepal: Episode 3
2009-01-13, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: andylori | | The next day (Day 11 of the trek) we were exceptionally glad to leave Dzongla. Perhaps it was me feeling sick, but perhaps it was the horrendous food, or even the dirtiest, skankiest accommodation th... |
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| Nepal: Episode 2
2009-01-13, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: andylori | | Upon leaving Benkar, we knew that we had a hard day ahead of us. A short way up the trail delivered us breakfast at Monjo (2815m) and then the climb to Namche Bazar (3441m) which was to be our first ... |
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| Nepal: Episode 1
2009-01-13, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: andylori | | Nepal had been on our radar for a while – it was just a case of deciding what exactly to do once we arrived. Coming from Dhaka, we were thinking, “Surely there can’t be a city that is more intense…”
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 | Exciting Times
2008-08-16, Mahendra Hwy, Nepal. By: Damo | | One warning that I had received about Nepal was that I should try to avoid being on the road during one of the frequent [i]bandhs[/i] or strikes. So when just five kilometres out of the Kathmandu I p... |
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 | Floating in the Valley
2008-08-15, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: Damo | | My descent back to civilisation was to the extremely picturesque city of Pokhara, which sits by the gorgeous [i]Phewa Tal[/i], beneath the shadows of the great Annapurnas. Almost everything about it ... |
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 | The Descent: Full Circle
2008-07-18, Pokhara, Nepal. By: Damo | | One would expect that having reached the pass, there would be a feeling of relief since from there onwards, it is all downhill. But anyone that has trekked will know that although initially faster, t... |
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 | The King Brown Is Hating It
2008-07-17, Pokhara, Nepal. By: Damo | | The King Brown is hating it.
While I was enjoying lapping up the luxury with Mum in Chiang Mai, he was chained to a rusty old pole in a murky, underground parking garage where he was dripped on by ... |
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 | The Ascent
2008-07-16, Jomsom, Nepal. By: Damo | | Along the narrow streets that are enclosed by tall shop buildings, whose colourful merchandise spills out onto the roadway, flows a constant river of bodies. Some travelling more purposefully than ot... |
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 | Our Trek in Annapurna
2008-06-20, Annapurna, Nepal. By: zappyalfio | | I had a few days available, only two weeks, but there were two things that I wanted to do, a safari and a trekking on the roof of the world. Alone, because no friend was ready.
I travelled with Qat... |
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 | I'm in Nepal?!
2008-06-13, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: Damo | | As I sat in the front of the tinny, white minivan, looking out at the chaos taking place before me through the cracked, dirt-coated windshield, next to a fat, sweaty Nepali man who could not shift gea... |
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 | Nepal
2008-01-26, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. By: GBrownlie | | So we eventually arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal on 16 January after a nightmare journey! Took the (1 hour late) overnight train from Delhi to Gorakphur. We had booked First Class.... it was like somethin... |
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 | Namaste Nepal
2007-03-31, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: mashman | | And so finally it is time to move on, and after 3 months I leave Nepal. It's been a fulfilling and rewarding experience with one or two lows, and a lot more quite litteral highs. I have met and work... |
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 | Big Wigs and Beards
2007-03-29, Kathmandu, Nepal. By: mashman | | Returning from my eventful Everest adventure then, I was looking forward to a couple of relaxing days back in Kathmandu. My recuperation lasted as long as the taxi ride into town as, checking my emai... |
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 | Eventful Everest
2007-03-28, Lukla, Nepal. By: mashman | | These things aren't meant to be easy, I kept telling myself as my luck ran out up Mount Everest. It at least held up for the landing at Lulka, possibly the most ludicrous airport in the World, with a... |
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