Nepal’s landscape evokes a sense of calm and tranquility, but its bid for nationhood does not. The 2013 Constituent Assembly elections is yet to be conducted later in November, and its outcomes will either put the country on a stalemate, or help it push forward for democracy. There’s plenty more to Nepal than this tangled […]

When authority speaks, we ought to listen. This year, the heavyweights of the travel industry have spoken; taken their pick (and road-tested) superlative – best, fairest, cheapest – destinations for 2013. Their choices definitely vary, but they arrived at a common conclusion despite differences in criteria: Southeast Asia just won’t quit. Take for instance Fodor’s […]

Home to the tallest mountain on Earth, Nepal separates the tough from the sissies when they start the vertical journey from Camp 4 onwards. Any self-respecting mountaineer will not have made complete their conquest if they have not reached the summit of Mt. Everest, which, according to one very famous mountaineer, he climbed because “it’s […]