Nowhere in the world can one find the same concentration of cultures, art and tradition that exist in the Kathmandu Valley. Although western influence has made its mark on Kathmandu itself, it is easy to walk back into history and become totally immersed in imageries of the medieval period.
The typical visitor arrives, heads directly to his Kathmandu city hotel and explores the western-influence urban center. He will perhaps make excursions to durbar squares of Kathmandu, Patan or Bhaktapur, wonder at the prayer wheels of Swayambhunath or Bodhnath, then depart for his next destination.
But the visitor who really wants to know the Valley, to feel its pulse and get to its spiritual roots, should start his exploration well beyond the city limits.
But the visitor who really wants to know the Valley, to feel its pulse and get to its spiritual roots, should start his exploration well beyond the city limits.
Pokhara and the Western Nepal
Two hundred kilometers (124 miles) west of Kathmandu, nestled in a valley beneath the Annapurna Massif, the town of Pokhara has quietly won the hearts of travelers from around the world. Many visitors find their most lasting impression of Nepal comes not from the Kathmandu valley’s Durbar Square but from the awesome “fish-tail” of majestic Machhapuchhre reflected in the still water of Phewa Lake..
Trekking into Central Nepal
Located some 30 kilometers directly north of the Kathmandu valley, close to the boundary with Tibet, extending in an east-west direction and bordered on the north by the main peak of the Himalaya, is dominated by Langtang Lirung (7245 meters), the highest in the area. These areas between the Himalayan foothills and the Tibetan frontier, are several regions popular with trekkers. These include
Langtang valley, Gosainkunda, Tamang Heritage, Helambu and the high country above
Gatlang
Everest and Eastern Nepal
Perhaps every Nepal visitor dreams of trekking to the foot of the world’s greatest peak., Mount Everest, and camping among the hardy Sherpa people who live in its shadow. The route followed by trekkers to this Khumbu region, which contains three of the world’s seven highest mountains (including Lhotse and Cho Oyu), is certainly a well-trodden one.
Towns and Tigers of the Terai
The life of Terai people starts wit the smell of the smoking chimney. From the surrounding country side long files of bullock carts full of sugar cane are converging on the mill in trails of brown dust. All around them stretches a patchwork of rice fields, dotted here and there with clumps of bamboo or huge, placid banyan and pipal trees sheltering a few huts with thatched roofs. At the edge of the vast Ganges plain, the alluvial soil is rich and bountiful.
Road to Tibet
In the year 1980 Tibet opened its door to the outside world. Only organized group can enter to Tibet from Nepal, although it is not an easy option to travel to Tibet. The entry to Tibet can also be closed because of the political situations in there so make sure and keep yourself updated about the country you are going to visit.
