Month: June 2016
Misc
5 Amazing Birds Nests from Nepal
Whenever you think about bird nests, you probably think of structures like the one above (made by the Red-whiskered Bulbul). However, not all bird nests are so stereotypical. There are some really amazing and cool ones. Here is our selection. Baya Weaver These guys are master weavers as the hanging retort-shaped nests show. They nest […]
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Trekking in Nepal
Spare boy to Everest Summiteer- Story of a Nepali Guide
Pasang Salaka Sherpa, popularly known as Instructor Pasang among the Himalayan climbing fraternity, has a hearty boisterous laugh. Disarming and contagious, the laugh is the hallmark of the people of the high Himalayas. It is not the measured and polite laugh of a Kathmanduite or the shy and meek laugh of the lowlands. It is the laughter that shows openness, confidence and love of life that is so characteristic of the people of the mountains. It is part of the allure that keeps bringing adventurers back to Nepal, for in the 15 days in the Himalayas, they get to make believe that life isn’t complicated or stressful at all but rather as simple as the laughter they hear along the trails.
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