Long-term travel mental preparation: How to get & keep your mind ready

Getting your mind ready for long-term travel This is going to be a relatively shorter article than many others in this series about long-term travel. The reason for this is that most people considering long-term travel will have a myriad of reasons for doing so. As such writing a single article on dealing with the psychological preparation behind it will inevitably not …

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Sadhus of Nepal

Sadhus in Nepal

The Sadhus of Nepal are its wandering Holy men Sadhus in Hinduism are wandering holy men or monks revered for being good. Many Sadhus are also Yogis who are practitioners of meditation. They have have chosen a life away from or at least on the edges of normal society to focus on their own spiritual practice. Talking with a Sadhu is said to …

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Financial planning for long-term travel: preparation

Before you go on any long-term travel journey you should prepare your finances Financial planning for long-term travel is one of those things you can’t help but tackle head on. You need money to travel. Many people write about how to earn money to support yourself when traveling. I’ll try to cover this a little later …

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Food from Nepal: Chicken Biryani

Chicken Biryani in Nepal

Chicken Biryani in Nepal Perhaps this is my most frequently eaten rice based dish in Nepal. It’s delicious, fast to order, not that spicy and quite nutritious! Perhaps more importantly it doesn’t change that much between restaurants meaning you can have some regularity with Chicken Biryani. There are however different types of Biryani ranging from mutton, fish and …

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Long-term travel abroad & staying healthy

Long term travel & health: just how healthy do you have to be? There are a lot of misconceptions regarding long-term travel and health. Being fit and staying fit when it comes to extended travel abroad, medicine abroad and dental care. I aim to tackle a few of these here as I’ve experienced most if …

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Escape from Kathmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson: travel book review

There’s nothing quite like reading a book about the place you are traveling in I was sure that someone somewhere must have written a book based in Nepal that didn’t involve climbing a mountain, volunteering, or finding Buddhism. To cut it short I was looking for a Nepalese Shantaram or Are you experienced. I asked …

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The first steps on doing business in Nepal

wooden Buddha statues in Nepal

Doing business in Nepal is easier said than done Nepal is a fantastic country. It’s also mind-crushingly frustrating in many ways. Doing business in Nepal probably tops the list in both senses. One might think doing business in Nepal would be relatively easy. English is the language of choice for business. It has a multicultural society that’s open …

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