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  1. Fine tune your table manners

    19 January 2012

    You think that emptying the bottle into your guest’s glass is polite… little do you know that you just designated...

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  2. Watching wildlife in Nepal

    18 January 2012

    Lifted straight from the pages of a Rudyard Kipling book, the steamy jungles of southern Nepal are home some of...

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  3. Nepal’s alternative adrenaline activities

    18 January 2012

    With eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, epic valleys and rivers with personalities that run from gentle to ferocious,...

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  4. Finding peace in Kathmandu

    16 January 2012

    Kathmandu is an assault on the senses. It is a blend of fume-shrouded traffic chaos, clanging temple bells, cooing doves,...

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  5. Nepal’s Great Himalayan Trail

    16 January 2012

    The Nepalese Himalayas is one of the world’s greatest trekking destinations. It is a land of snow peaks and fluttering...

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  6. How to get high: a guide to staying well at high altitude

    30 November 2011

    High altitudes are just for the Reinhold Messners and Joe Simpsons of this world, right? Crazy feats up there where...

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  7. Stepping out: the world’s best long walks

    18 July 2011

    Forget planes, trains and automobiles – the greenest and greatest way to travel is to use your own two feet....

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  10. Best places to play the locals at their own game

    13 April 2011

    Card games have long been good friends to the traveller whether on long train trips or waiting for transport connections....

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  11. Travel etiquette 101: body language

    26 February 2011

    You step over someone’s legs in Nepal and don’t even realize you’ve committed a grave social taboo! Although most locals...

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  12. Travel trivia: 10 geeky facts from around the globe

    14 February 2011

    All-surprising stats and fantastical facts, our info nerds’ world tour will have you pointing out the planet’s most unknown ‘did...

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  13. World’s best festivals: Bisket Jatra (Nepali New Year)

    21 December 2010

    This is an excerpt from Lonely Planet’s A Year of Festivals.Location: Khalna Tole, Bhaktapur, Ne...

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  14. World’s best festivals: Holi

    09 December 2010

    This is an excerpt from Lonely Planet’s A Year of Festivals.Location: Throughout northern India and...

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  15. The 10 best treks in the world

    15 November 2010

    These 10 classic treks are for serious walkers. All of them require a sturdy pair of lungs, fit legs and...

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  16. Countries that can still be travelled on the cheap

    09 September 2010

    Cash-flow issues? Global recession getting you down? No budget, no problem – in this extract from Lonely Planet’s...

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  17. Holi: the Festival of Colours

    24 February 2010

    The most boisterous of Hindu festivals, Holi waves goodbye to winter and welcomes in spring in a rainbow of colours....

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  18. Short changed

    18 January 2010

    A lesson in how not to change money on the road.Shane and I traipsed our way overland from Australia to...

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  19. The top 10 countries for 2010

    06 November 2009

    Want a sneak peek into the future?We’ve just released our newest edition of...

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  20. Kathmandu's alleys and temples

    17 September 2009

    Kathmandu is enchanting. It’s medieval and spiritual and alive. And the only way to really see this chaotic cobbled maze...

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  21. Your favourite destinations September 3rd-11th

    14 September 2009

    You may have noticed around the Lonely Planet website that you can save your favourite places. The destinations that come...

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  22. Kathmandu's Indra Jatra Festival

    18 August 2009

    Indra, the ancient Aryan god of rain, was once captured in the Kathmandu Valley while stealing a certain flower for...

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  23. Travel on a shoestring

    23 July 2009

    It takes more than hard times to keep a healthy wanderlust down, and our travel community is full of canny...

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  24. Nepal on a Shoestring

    23 July 2009

    Nepal is the budget travellers’ paradise. Sleep cheap, trek independently, take the bus and eat daal bhaat twice daily, and...

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