The book may not have convinced everyone to preserve the Valley’s traditional architecture “Actually, we are only photographing the house, if that’s all right.” The chatelaine at the foot of the sweeping staircase beneath a massive chandelier had obviously gone…
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Gap yah gals in the jungle
Such was the allure of adventure in Chitwan, parents actually paid for their offspring to work at Tiger Tops Somewhere along the way at Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge, it was decided that we needed a gentle female hand to look…
Remembering Boxing Day 2004
After four days on a trek, news of the tsunami sounded like the end of the world The Twin Otter banked steeply as we came in to land amidst the green hills of Pokhara Valley. As usual in small planes…
A house in Budanilkantha
Building a house from scratch in Kathmandu Valley is not as easy as it sounds With the privilege of building a house from scratch in Kathmandu Valley comes a sneaking suspicion that in reality it is more akin to an…
Recreating Tiger Tops in the tropics
The beginnings of Borneo Rainforest Lodge in Sabah followed the Chitwan model from Nepal Inever met any during my time in Sarawak, but the Penan people were one of Asia’s last true nomadic hunter-gatherer groups, championed by anthropological and human…




