Andrew Laurie, Chitwan’s Rhino Man, did pioneering research into the endangered animals We thread our way between the thinning trees along an earthen trail back to Andrew Laurie’s research camp near Sauraha on the edge of Royal Chitwan National Park. Not…
The pioneers of the early days of river running in Nepal One of the more turbulent rapids on the Trisuli River trip is named Snell’s Nose (or used to be). Col John Blashford Snell was on an early rafting recce…
When Kathmandu Valley became the location for a Bertolucci film An old man taps the grey head of the carved lion in confusion. It had not been here last week, and only the hollow ring distinguishes it from the twin…
The Twin Otter lurched, and a blur of elephants and people flashed past the left wing The two pilots wore their Royal Nepal Airlines uniforms, but from my vantage point in the front seat of the Twin Otter it never…
Who lived life to the full and left a footprint in Nepal ADVENTURER: Warwick Deacock (above) and (below) crossing the Simpson Desert in South Australia in 1983 on the route from Pumi Bore to Birdsville. Major Warwick Deacock’s erect bearing…