NEPALI TIMES, So Far So Good

Nepal: a family’s destination

Nepal offers a range of real adventure experiences that appeals to all ages, something for everyone It was our mother’s idea to do a family visit to Nepal to mark her 80th birthday. Although over the years everyone had been to visit in various combinations, the idea was for us Van…

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Seize the coming decade

As we hurtle into the 2020s, time to recall a millennium eve 20 years ago and face the clean slate of the future The guests were dressed with care as befits the end of an era. The New Year’s Eve atmosphere was buoyant but grave, with the usual eclectic Tiger…

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Ghosts of Christmas past

Nepali, British and Indian aristocrats used to rub shoulders with ambassadors, writers, scientists and conservationists at Tiger Tops Although it is no longer the case, for years Nepal was one of the few countries in the world that did not recognise 25 December as a religious holiday. The winter festival…

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Writng about writing

Learning the craft in the fertile spiritual atmosphere of the Himalayan Writers Workshop “I’d like this one please.” A loud voice in the peaceful garden café in the shadow of Bodnath stupa startles me from my notebook. I see a lady stabbing the menu with her finger. “But no salami…

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The trips before TripAdvisor

Media promotion and press freedom were done differently then In ancient times, prior to the advent of social media and the internet, we did well using traditional print, newspapers and magazines in which to spread the word that Nepal was the fashionable cultural destination of choice and a must-visit for…

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