Himalayas

Bhutan, Phallic Art

Bhutan and the Bhutanese have a thing about the phallus. They are penis obsessed and you’ll see large, lurid, male ...
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Everest Base Camp Trek Itinerary

The classic Everest Base Camp trek in Nepal follows the itinerary below. If you book a guided group trek to ...
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Kila Nunnery Bhutan

Kila Nunnery (Kela Dechen Yangtshi) is sometimes called “The Little Tiger’s Nest” of Bhutan because it clings to the cliffside in ...
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EBC Trek Packing List

Your packing list for the EBC trek will depend a lot on you, the time of year you are completing ...
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Lukla Airport

Lukla airport clings to the mountainside high in the Himalayas of Nepal. Many trekkers heading to Everest Base Camp will ...
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Where is Nepal?

Many people are unclear on where Nepal is located. It is in Asia, between China and India in South Asia. ...
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Pokhara Nepal

Pokhara Nepal is in central Nepal, west of Kathmandu, and stands on the edge of the enormous Phewa Lake. It’s the ...
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Swayambhunath Temple Nepal (How To Visit)

The Swayambhunath Stupa, an icon of Nepal, is an ancient religious structure on a hilltop in the Kathmandu Valley.  It ...
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Is It Worth Visiting Bhutan? Bhutan Travel

Travel in Bhutan. What is travel in Bhutan like? Costs of Travel in Bhutan. Best places to see and visit ...
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Everest Base Camp Trek Difficulty and Hardships – How Hard Can it Be?

The Everest Base Camp Trek or EBC Trek in Nepal. What Difficulties with trekkers face? How difficult is the trek ...
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Tibetan Food – In Tibet

It was great to get the chance to try Tibetan food, in Tibet. We’d skirted around the edges of Tibetan ...
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Visiting Lhasa Tibet

Visiting Lhasa Tibet, our experiences. What’s Lhasa like? Things to do in Lhasa, places to see, points of interest and ...
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Visiting Sera Monastery Tibet

Sera Monastery, near Lhasa Tibet, is the place you need to visit to see Tibetan monks debate in the traditional ...
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Altitude in Tibet. High Passes and Diamox

So here’s the thing, Tibet is way, way high. Crazy high. Everyone knows that to trek in the Himalayas you’ll ...
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A Tibet Travel Blog (Hard Realities & Wonders of Tibet)

I honestly don’t know where to start with Tibet. We’ve just spent 8 incredible days travelling through Tibet from Kathmandu ...
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How To Visit Patan Durbar Square, Kathmandu

Patan Durbar Square is in the city of Lalitpur, Nepal. It is one of three Durbar Squares in the Kathmandu ...
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Khumjung Nepal (& Khumjung Monastery Yeti Skull)

On our return trek from Tengboche Monastery, we took a different route to Namche Bazaar to take in some important ...
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Nepal Travel Blog

Our Nepal travel blog will help you in visiting Nepal to trek, to climb, to see the cultural sites and ...
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