Travel Stories

8 min read • Apr 28, 2015

Decades of predictions by seismologists about an impending ‘big quake’ for Nepal  have been proved tragically accurate. At 11.56am on Saturday 25 April, a…

3 min read • Jan 16, 2012

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

2 min read • Sep 17, 2009

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

2 min read • Aug 18, 2009

Indra, the ancient Aryan god of rain, was once captured in the Kathmandu Valley while stealing a certain flower for his mother, Dagini. He was imprisoned…

2 min read • Jul 23, 2009

Nepal is the budget travellers’ paradise. Sleep cheap, trek independently, take the bus and eat daal bhaat twice daily, and you can get by on less than US…