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October 27, 2003Traffic Jams and Toilets (Two Weeks around Nepal)The secret of stress-free bus travel in Nepal is: Don't Look Down! We were travelling on a public bus along the main road out of Kathmandu. Looking straight out of the window I could see the forested hill on the...Read this update October 24, 2003Trekking the Helambu Circuit"Jiam jiam" was the second Nepali phrase that I learned. The first was the all-important "Namaste" which literally means something like "I salute the god in you", and is used as a general greeting. "Jiam jiam" means "Let's go", or...Read this update October 05, 2003Kathmandu"Kathmandu? Well, it's just a shit-hole really isn't it?" This, at least, was the opinion of one British trekker whom I met just after breakfast on my first morning in the city. For someone who came here for the mountains,...Read this update |
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