How can the ongoing bandh and riots over the constitution benefit the people in Terai? Indeed, politics has its own calculations of “benefit” and “advantage” – securing “vote banks”, “positions” and “influence” may be part of it – but ordinary people may have a hard time seeing what they gain from it. Sure, party leaders […]
We spent an afternoon down by the river outside Narayanghat watching the children play. Sure, those kids don’t have Ipads or mobile phones – there’s no swings or children’s bikes either. But as this video will show, they have so much more! Here’s a tribute to the Village Playground – down by the river…
The beaten track up to Everest is amazing. But here’s a less known trail to follow into these one-of-a-kind alpine heights. Buna Trek and Expeditions run a 21 days organised trek up along Arun River, through medieval and rarely visited villages, and higher still up to pristine yak pastures below Mount Makulu – the fifth […]
Mountain Travel Sobek organises a unique trek to Tsum valley in northern Gorkha. Here’s the intro: “Visit the hidden valley of Tsum and experience a unique Himalayan sanctuary! “Only opened to tourists since 2008, the Tsum Valley is a unique Himalayan sanctuary nestled within the rim of majestic snow-capped mountains—Baudha Himal, Himalchuli, Ganesh Himal, and […]
Koshi Thappu – one of the great rivers of Nepal – travels slowly south as it bends its way east of Janakpur towards the Ganges and ultimately the great Bay of Bengal. Hiking along its sandy shores a dozen miles before the Indian border is like visiting a world of its own. Quiet while huge..only […]
The old railway track in the Janakpur area – built in the 1950s (now undergoing renovation) – leads like a vein into the heart of Terai communities in this region. A ride on the old train – a steam engine going no more than ten-fifteen km. an hour – is an experience of its own. […]
