Notes from Nepal – Pokhara
The city of Pokhara is a pleasant surprise. It’s difficult to believe that a struggling country can have such a beautiful city. It’s like a European lake city at first [...]
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Notes from Nepal – Flight to Pokhara
Next morning. We board the small 20-seater flight. There are no announcements, no elaborate demonstration of how to wear the oxygen mask or how to crawl to the emergency exit [...]
Notes from Nepal – A Perfect Start
I cannot have hoped for a better landing. Like a silky dress gently sliding down the curves of a woman’s body on to the floor, the plane touches down in Kathmandu’s [...]
Notes from Nepal – Onward Journey
It’s very early in the morning. I find myself slumped in a chair inside Bangalore airport, deprived of sleep and drearily staring at my photo in the new passport which I [...]
Notes from Nepal – Foreword
November is a weird middle zone. It’s neither good nor bad. It’s sunny in the day and drizzles in the evening. Trees stand bare without leaves. Dogs mate in the streets. [...]
Walking for a Living
Here’s another one from my trek to Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal. On the trail, there are only two sets of people. People who walk to make a living and people who walk [...]
Deadly Mountain
When you reach the Basecamp of Annapurna in Nepal, the 10th tallest mountain on earth, and one of the 14 mountains above 8000m, the summit looks to be very close and easily [...]
1996 Everest Disaster Remembered
A couple of months back I was going through some articles on Mount Everest in Wikipedia, and I came across the 1996 Everest Disaster. Instantly hooked on to the topic, I read [...]
