Forest Camp: Mardi Himal Village & Trekking Guide
Depending on your trekking itinerary, you may spend a night or just stop for lunch in Forest Camp. If you are doing an itinerary of five days or less, you’ll likely come here for lunch on the way to Low Camp. Longer itineraries (six to seven days) may spend a…
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Mardi Himal Low Camp: Village & Trekking Guide
Most of the villages along the Mardi Himal Trek developed strictly for tourism. Mardi Himal Low Camp is no different. Expeditions started as early as the 1960’s and camping was available around 2000. In 2010, the Mardi Himal trek was formed, and since then, tea houses have been created to…
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Mardi Himal High Camp: Village & Trekking Guide
Mardi Himal High Camp is one of the major stopping points on the Mardi Himal Trek. Most trekkers spend a night at Mardi High Camp before their early morning push to Base Camp the next day. This little village was built up around tourism and didn’t exist twenty years ago.…
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Jamacho Gumba Hike in Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park
This year has been all about exploring the areas around Kathmandu, and we finally got around to visiting Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park. While we have visited the Shivapuri section many times, we hadn’t made it inside the Nagarjun National Park section, and we were eager to try the Jamacho Gumba…
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Pottery Class in Kathmandu: Backstreet Academy Review
One of the great things about being in Nepal is the incredible dedication to the arts. Many of these ancient forms of art are still being practiced and used regularly today which keeps the customs and traditions alive. Around Nepal, you can take a myriad of classes to learn each…
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Aloo Choka Recipe: Nepali Mashed Potatoes
The word “snack” in Nepal is kind of a funny thing. Back home in the US, we think of snacks as chips and dip, fruit, or something simple and light. In Nepal, snacks can mean an entire meal or at the very least, cooking something. My mother-in-law doesn’t eat junk…
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