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Sano Babu Sunuwar Took Off From The Summit Of Mount Elbrus Congratulations to Sano Babu Sunuwar, who took off from the summit of Mount Elbrus. Mount Elbrus is the 3rd of the Seven Summits. He is attempting to take off on a paraglide. He has already launched his Paraglide from Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro…

Ram Navami Festival of Nepal 21st April 2021 2nd April 2020 14th April 2019 14th April 2018 Lord Ram is considered to be another incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. The Nepalese have an ingrained opinion and devout confidence in him. His control, clean heart, kindness, love, bravery, peacefulness, and expressiveness in speech gave him…

Ra Collaborates On Environmental Protection Education For School Kids In Kathmandu WAS ambassador Raj Tamang Founder Raj Tamang and other World Adventure Society ambassadors, Sunil C. Sharma from Nepal and Jia Jian Koh from Singapore, delivered an environmental protection lesson based on “Leave No Trace” principles for secondary and high school students in the Lalitpur…

Qualities of an excellent trekking guide or trek leader. To be an excellent trek leader, one not only needs to have charisma, knowledge, communication skills, storytelling abilities, and organizational skills; sometimes, you also need to be a father figure, psychologist, counsellor, even mediator, and a mentor to not only to the clients but the support…

Charity Trek to Poonhill for autistic children of Bahrain. 27th – 3rd November. A friend from Bahrain contacted me to organize a Charity trek to raise Alia National School funds in Bahrain. Alia National School is for children who have autism and Down syndrome. This was the second time a charity trek was organized to…

Pilgrimage Sites of Nepal Nepal is known for its natural beauty and a melting pot of two of the world’s oldest religions – Buddhism and Hinduism. Some of the most ancient religious sites exist here with a history that dates back to several thousand years. Buddhists and Hindu pilgrims come to find salvation in these…

The People Of Sikkim have their culture and religions. Sikkim has a blend of diverse communities, cultures, religions, and customs. Sikkim is an excellent example of harmonious living between people from different areas and regions. The people of Sikkim are known as Sikkimese. The leading communities in Sikkim are the Lepchas, Bhutias, and Nepalese. However,…

The People Of Darjeeling, their culture and religions. The Lepchas and Rongpas (people from the lower elevations) were the Darjeeling Hills’ original inhabitants. They are Tibeto Burman in appearance, although their origin is obscure. The higher population of the people in the Hills is The Gorkhas. They are industrious, enterprising, and speak several languages/dialects. They…

A new minister of Culture, Tourism, and Civil aviation was appointed. The vacant administration leadership at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil aviation were appointed after the then tourism minister Rabindra Adhikari’s unfortunate death in February 2019. After five months after the then minister’s demise, Mr Yogesh Bhattarai was named the new Tourism minister….

Nepal Travel Updates Almost 18 months have elapsed since the massive earthquakes of April, and May 2015 struck Nepal and brought about significant mayhem then. Back then and in the immediate aftermath, the world was under the impression that all of Nepal was flattened. The fact is, only 14 out of the 75 districts were…

Nar Phu Trek during March/spring season Nar and Phu Valleys are located in a remote part of the Manang district on the Annapurna Range’s Northside. It is in what the Nepalese government calls the “Restricted Area,” where special permits are required and obtained by bonafide Trekking agencies of Nepal. This area was opened to foreigners…

Mount Everest to be cleaned up of garbage and corpses. To keep the world’s highest mountain clean, Nepali Mountaineering expedition operators are ready to launch a joint effort, a massive drive to clean Mount Everest this spring season of 2019. The combined initiative, which the government and non-government agencies plan, intends to collect dead bodies…