Month: July 2016

Mardi Himal Trek
Annapurna Region

Mardi Himal Trek – Beyond the Trails in Annapurna Base Camp

As the story goes, it was photographer Basil Goodfellow who gave the first view of the Mardi peak to westerners from his slides when he visited Nepal in 1953. Since then, this trail has been trying to grow out from the shadow of other mainstream routes as very limited travelers have information about this trail. […]

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Misc

10 Mind bending Facts About Nepal

Nepal is an amazing place not only for sight-seeing and getting greetings from local people but also for observing weird and uncanny customs that have been established here. Have you heard that Nepalese are polycephalic (what does this even mean!!) or that animals walk among people on streets like its a Disney’s world or that […]

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Grosbeak
Annapurna Region

Birds of Annapurna Base Camp Trek: The Greatest Hits

The Annapurna Base Camp Trek is an amazing place for bird watching. The sheer variety of birdlife is best manifested in the fact that all six Himalayan pheasants (Himalayan Monal, Koklass Pheasant, Cheer Pheasant, Kalij Pheasant, Satyr Tragopan and Blood Pheasant) can be found here. It also kind of helps that the ABC Trek also […]

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mountain teaser trees
’Going to the mountains
is going home.’
- John Muir
‘Great things are done when
men and mountains meet.’
- William Blake
‎’There is no such thing as bad weather,
only inappropriate clothing.’
- Sir Ranulph Fiennes