Kathmandu Durbar Square at dawn: part 1 – a black & white world

Dawn in Kathmandu still contains the linger of a different night The air is still filled with the night fires that burned throughout the old city. Heat, food and light are scarce during the dark hours of this ancient capital. Smoke still hangs thick in the entrapment of Kathmandu valley. With clenched teeth I throw …

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What is it like to return to a country and travel it again? – Nepal

Expectations of traveling back to Nepal There’s a lot to be said about leaving good memories in the past. Going back to relive them rarely, if ever, measures up. So what should you do when you go back to a country that had just so many of these good memories? For me my guesthouse in Nepal is …

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How to survive arriving into Kathmandu, Nepal for the first time

Entrance Gate to Kathmandu Airport

Arriving into Kathmandu by plane … (Updated for 2025) It seems entering into Nepal is more popular than I thought. I received an email from a Nepali person asking if I could tell them what it was really like to step right off the plane at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) and into Nepal. I’m under pressure for time; so I scribbled …

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Sunrise at 5,000 meters on the Annapurna mountain range

A high altitude sunrise in Nepal I thought it rather apt that considering I am currently (hopefully) making my way back from the Everest Base Camp I would publish a photograph I took at nearly the same time back in 2008 from the Annapurna Circuit Trek. Today is also when the date on the top right hand …

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How to get up and enjoy travel again

I no longer felt the rush of travel in South East Asia … so I left I nearly feel like putting up several big disclaimers with this post. So to thwart a wave of hatred and misunderstanding, take this as a personal journal entry; rather than a reflection on tourism and people. Like many, I always have …

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Nepal in 2011: abused, raped, plundered & forgotten

Nepal is one of the few countries I have hope for It’s a country like no other I’ve visited. A cross between old and new. Centuries old cities mixed with new society and a blend of otherworldly qualities. On the outside it’s a great place to travel, hike, find solace, enjoy, experience. Stay a little longer, see beyond …

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