Nepal

Midway between the Bhotia, or Bhote, Tibetan ethnic groups starting with the Baragaunle Bhote villages north of Marpha and ending with the former kingdom of Lo, the Mustang Kingdom of upper Kali Gandaki south of the Tibetan border, and the…

The main trekking season in the Nepal Himalayas is beginning now. October to early December is the main season for trekking in the Sherpa Solu – Khumbu region, the Annapurnas, Langtang Himal, Himalchuli and Manaslu as well as Kanchenjunga.…

This post is a continuation of my earlier posts on other ethnic groups found along the Arun River in Eastern Nepal, namely Rais and Lhomi Tibetans, a great trekking destination that most trekkers to Nepal overlook. The way of life in the…

Trekking in Eastern Nepal Himalayas is once again possible and trekking into the upper reaches of the Arun River offers an insight into the lifestyle of the Lhomi Bhote, the Tibetan population group that occupies this remote part of eastern…

Trekking in Eastern Nepal along the Arun River valley one can admire fascinating changes in house architecture as one progresses from the lower Himalaya toward the elevations where Arun breaches the High Himalaya on its way from Tibet to…

Yahoo article on travel and yoga noted that for a growing number of people an exotic vacation just isn't enough, they travel in quest of a transformation. That's why someone would choose a trip with focus on yoga or meditation. Whether a …

Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal were the first to climb Mount Everest as part of the British expeditiion to Everest on June 26, 1953.  Hillary devoted much of his life to helping the Sherpas of Solu-Khumbu, …

How to succeed in business: Meditate - a headline from FORTUNE magazine, July, 2007. Yes, business folks, the kind that live on the edge of coping with stress and its self-denial seem to find relief in meditation, once they can master…