Category: Culture

  • Bhaktapur: Nepal’s oldest city

    FIELD TRIP: That’s right – PC took us to do a wee bit of sight-seeing. We woke up a tad earlier than normal to catch a 3 hour bus ride into the Kathmandu Valley. On the eastern end is Bhaktapur, Nepal’s second oldest city. After a drawn-out, over-priced lunch (it takes a while to serve…

  • Beyond Everest, Sherpas and Yaks

    The climate & landscape of most of Nepal is probably surprisingly different than I’m guessing most people imagine it to be. I’m guessing that when most of you imagine Nepal, you imagine a lot of snow with yaks and Sherpas putsing around rugid terrain. You probably think it’s cold all of the time, I’m subsisting…