Recent Posts Tagged With nepal

• Are You Calling Me Fat?

  Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 08:30 am in Culture, asia, features, nepal, bhaktapur, blogsherpa

  Ramesh, Clinton, and myself painting as school children look on This is a guest post by Janelle K. Eagle. If you want to guest post on Go Backpacking, please read more here. The answer is yes. The school Principal was speaking about us, and he had,...

• Travel Video – NEPAL GOL-O MA

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 09:00 am in video, videos, nepal, kathmandu, pokhara, blogsherpa

  This post was written by Dave_ Watching this video stirred up my emotions.  It’s funny how a simple mouse-click can whip them up so easily.  It brought back a lot of memories from my 6 weeks in Nepal last year. Nepal is f*cking awesome. While...

• Friday Flashback: Crossing Nepal’s Eastern Border

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 08:16 am in india, nepal, darjeeling, kathmandu, blogsherpa, post-trip

  Crossing international borders over land can be full of headaches, from filling out paperwork to bureaucratic delays, insidious money changers and scams galore. After convincing myself to finally leave Nepal, I clearly had the desire for more advent...

• Friday Flashback – Boudhanath Stupa

  Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 07:58 am in nepal, kathmandu, stupa, blogsherpa, post-trip, boudha

  Since rioting Tibetans and the iron-fist of the Chinese government meant I’d miss the chance to visit Tibet, I was soaking up as much of the culture as possible in Nepal.  Nowhere was it more alive than around the Buddhist pilgrimage site of B...

• Friday Flashback – Making Friends Through Meditation

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 06:22 am in friends, meditation, nepal, class, pokhara, blogsherpa, post-trip

  Of the 15,000+ photos I took on my trip, this is one of my favorites.  Maybe it’s the zen-like smiles we are all offering the camera after three days of meditation, yoga, and Buddhist teachings from our American monk.  Or the healthy effects ...

• A Backpacker’s Guide To Massages In Asia

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 07:02 am in india, china, asia, indonesia, spa, guide, bali, kuta, cambodia, thailand, bangkok, massage

  Author’s Note:  This article is *not* about happy-endings! Full body massages are a luxury for most Westerners – the occasional gift to be given to a woman, or the benefit of having too much disposable income for a man.  Yet, if youR...

• Friday Flashback – The Rhododendron Forests

  Posted on Friday August 14th, 2009 at 12:05 pm in Trekking, hiking, mountains, trek, nepal, himalaya, annapurna, blogsherpa, post-trip reflections

  As we walked to Deurali, we passed through gorgeous rhododendron forests with pink and white flowers. The forest felt magical – almost like “Lord of the Rings.” After we descended the valley, we walked up along a stream past some cute goats and...

• Video of the Week – Trekking in Nepal

  Posted on Saturday August 8th, 2009 at 01:18 am in videos, nepal, pokhara, blogsherpa

  In keeping with my theme of recent Friday Flashbacks, this is a video from Marcus showing footage and scenes from the Annapurna Base Camp trek which I did.  Learning to edit my own video footage online is #372 on my list of things “to do”...

• Friday Flashback – The Bus From Kathmandu To Pokhara

  Posted on Friday July 17th, 2009 at 01:38 am in nepal, kathmandu, pokhara, blogsherpa, post-trip reflections

  Kathmandu was definitely unlike any other place I’d visited until that point, and within a few days I’d bought knock off trekking gear, developed an appreciation for milk tea, paid far too much for a rickshaw ride, and adapted to the nigh...