Trekking guides, trail notes and field reports from the HoneyGuide team.
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National Paddy Day or 'Dhan Ropain' festival is the day to play in the mud, throw mud at each other and sing and dance to the traditional folk songs and of course have yogurt and beaten rice, 'Dahi Chiura' and drink a special kind of local drink called ‘Chyang’.
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The local drinks of Nepal include the popular drinks such as, Chyang, Aila, Tongba, Raksi and Corn and Millet Chyang.
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Yulin Dog Festival? Ermm...NO! Dogs in Nepal are honoured with garlands of marigold, have tikas put on them and are offered delicious treats.
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May in Nepal has more sunny days compared to rainy ones so it is comfortable to trek in high altitudes.
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Here are the top four guidebooks for Nepal that can give you authentic and fun-filled information.
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Soma is exalted in the Rig Veda, an Indo-Iranian scripture, as a drink that brings immortality and divinity to the drinker. Perhaps taking a cue from this reference, Aldous Huxley in his dystopian novel, Brave New World, uses the word ‘soma’ to refer to a recreational hallucinogen. Utopian or dystopian, the fact remains that psychoactive …
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This is the temple of the boar headed Goddess on a human body who is commonly known as Barahi. Bajra stands for a mythical sword of lightning and thunder. She is also considered to be a Matrika, a name given a group of seven or sometimes eight Mother Goddesses. She is regarded as the personification …
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Karya Binayak temple in Bungamati is also one of the most important temples in Nepal, is dedicated to Ganesh.
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Uma-Maheswor is one of the famous temples in Kirtipur which is also known as Bhavani Shankar. The temple that is 1418m in elevation and offers a great panoramic view of Kathmandu valley and Himalayan range in the north. Ganesh Himal (7606m), Langtang (7234m), Gauri Shankar (7134m) and Cho Oyu (8201m) are the major peaks easily …
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Jal Binayak Temple is one of the valley’s most important Ganesh shrines.
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Bagh Bhairav temple, one of the oldest shrines in Kirtipur is known for the guardian deity, Bhairav in form of a tiger. The main statue and icon is composed of clay with a large silver mask with depiction of Bhairav.
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The pond is named De Pukhu, which in literal sense translates to country’s pond. Located right in the middle of a dense Newar settlement and to the south of Iconic Bagh Bhairav Temple of Kirtipur.
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