A haven of sustainable hospitality in Nepal sets a benchmark for ecotourism Twenty five years ago Tiger Mountain Pokhara Lodge was inaugurated by Sir Edmund Hillary, his tall frame stooping to light the traditional votive lamp on the recently-laid slate veranda. The…
The journey of a bottle of Royal Salute Coronation Edition being auctioned in London for charity Around 7,000 people have now reached the highest point on the planet, the top of Mt Everest since it was first scaled by Edmund…
The lives and legacy of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary If you raise your head and take a look around the cast of characters who define Nepal in the international arena, none loom so large in popular imagination as the…
Medicine meets spiritualism in this award-winning memoir by David R Shlim My first home in Kathmandu was a glass A-fame house nestled in a lychee and mango orchard, sheltered by a magnificent old fig tree in Bansbari. It was rented…
It is Indra Jatra in Basantapur but in Britain, the Queen is dead. Through an early September cloudburst we navigate the uneven flag-stoned narrow streets around Om Bahal. Water drips down my collar, drenched awnings hang limp and locals shelter in the…