From Mountains to Temples: 10 Essential Things to Do in Nepal
Nepal is a land of stunning natural beauty, ancient cultures and adventure. With eight of the world’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest, and a rich heritage, Nepal offers a unique…
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Nepal is a land of stunning natural beauty, ancient cultures and adventure. With eight of the world’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest, and a rich heritage, Nepal offers a unique…
Mark Bibby Jackson chats with Shiva Dhakal, Chair of the Community Homestay Network in Nepal about community-based tourism. What does sustainable tourism mean? Sustainable tourism to me is tourism that…
Travel Begins at 40 editor and founder Mark Bibby Jackson sets off on a lifetime spent travelling starting with youthful visits to Greece, Egypt and Nepal in his travel tales…
Although hiking is fulfilling for many reasons, there’s no denying that it’s always better when the scenery is spectacular. These ten hikes are some of the world’s most scenic and…
Explorer, best-selling travel writer and former British army officer Levison Wood returns to Nepal on behalf of the Gurkha Welfare Trust to become acquainted with friends old and new…
The Dashain Festival is the longest and most important celebration in Nepal before Tihar or Diwali. Spread over September or October, depending on the lunar calendar, Dashain sees Nepalese from all around the globe return…
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Travel Begins at 40 founder Mark Bibby Jackson has visited more than 60 countries in a quarter of a century of travelling, he answers some of your most popular travel…
Last November, Elise Wortley set out into the Indian Himalaya, following in the footsteps of legendary female explorer Alexandra David-Neél, who crossed the Himalayas…
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After trekking in Nepal, Mark Bibby Jackson returns to Kathmandu to travel to the ancient capital of Nuwakot, itself devastated by the Nepal Earthquake 2015, to catch up with a…
In 1994, Mark Bibby Jackson first went trekking in Nepal, in 2017 he returned as a more mature traveller to discover the beauty of Annapurna unspoilt. Nepal has always held…
With eight of the world’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest, ther’s no surprise that Nepal is renowned for its trekking and climbing, Most set off either from the capital Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp, or the second city Pokhara to Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) or around the Annapurna Circuit and to Poon Hill.
One of the quirks of the country is that it has its own time – GMT +5′ 45″ – which is exactly 15 minutes ahead of neighbouring India. We’ll leave it up to you to decide whether this is a politically or geographically driven decision.
Similarly, the Nepali flag is unique, at least in its shape. Consisting of two conjoined horizontal triangles that contain the moon and the sun, both design and the red and blue colours are said to represent the dichotomy between war and peace that has dogged this mountainous country.
In 2015 the country was shaken by the most terrible earthquake that measured around 8 on the Richter scale and killed almost 9,000 people leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.
The Nepali capital of Kathnmandu is one of the most bewitching cities in the world, a mix of the modern and the mediaeval this is a place where you could easily lose or find yourself.