A Scenic Journey Along the Sindhuli Highway: The Kamala River Experience As we set out on the Sindhuli Highway, the spectacular views of the Himalayas took our breath away. The narrow road required patience, but we found ourselves getting irritated with the sluggish vehicles that we couldn’t overtake. Along the way, there were many places […]
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About Dupcheshor Mahadev Temple The Dupcheshwor Mahadev Temple is a religious and tourist destination located in the Dupcheshwor village municipality, ward number 6 Rautbeshi, in the Tadi river basin in Nepal. It sits atop a rocky hill that is more than 700 meters high and can be reached by crossing the Tadi river on a
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They strapped you, hinged you and you were to fall. Don’t look down, keep your head straight and have a leap of faith, they said. Faith? Isn’t that the very thing that you’re struggling to grapple with, you had this in your head. Life on the edge, I’m dangling my feet, you thought to yourself. Yeah, whatever you reasoned and leaped like a frog that had no energy in its legs. You looked and sounded horrible, stupid plus hilarious, all at the same time. The deed was done and as a reward what you then needed was another hit of caffeine.
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“Sajjan paani parna thalyo yar. Aba baas(shelter) nakhoji basyo bhane dukha paincha. Feri mathi roof bhako thau pani ta chaiyo. Paani paresi yo tent ta purai taal huncha yar bhitra ani bhitra sutne ki paudi khelne?” I said. And at a place called Pairebesi there we saw a structure made for kriyaputris. “Sajjan aja raat yei bitauna parla jasto cha yar ” I said, but him believing in ghosts, spirits and all kinds of supernatural stupidity he denied despite my efforts of trying to convince him to sleep there for the night.
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“Dai haru! Agadi khola bademaan ka chan. Bichha ma thula khalda pani chan. Hijo matra auta bike baga hun. Eak mahila pani bagaye. Khola taarna garai parnya cha” in his own dialect, a bhai told us just ahead of a river that ran through the road. Confused whether to cross the river or return 900
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Where is Rasuwagadhi? Rasuwagadhi is a border point and village development committee in Rasuwa District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. It is located on the border with Tibet and is the site of a border crossing and customs checkpoint. It is about 136 km north of Kathmandu and 20 km northwest of the
Sheltered by some of the tallest mountains of the world and the Tibetian plateau, Mustang District of Nepal is also famous for being the last Forbidden kingdom where its ancient cultural capital Lo Manthang is the only remaining walled city of Nepal. Up until 1992 visitors were not allowed in Mustang region and even today tourism in Upper Mustang area is strictly regulated requiring any foreigner to have 10 days permit for $500 USD and $50 extra per additional day which can be considered the most costly permit in Nepal though every penny spent is worth the experience gathered in the region.
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