Nepal

Nepal has been severely affected by COVID-19, both in the area of health and in the economic fallout related to strict lockdowns, business closures and the large decline in tourism.   Months of…

I consider myself to be a generally calm person. I wouldn’t say, at this point in time,  I’m in a particularly challenging period in my life. I don’t carry much stress, I…

These four cooking classes in Kathmandu teach you to cook and give you the chance to give back to community. Nepali food is diverse. It’s tasty, light and made with ingredients that…

One Sunday morning in early May a group of foreigners gathered outside the Ananda Wellness Centre in Thamel, the lively heart of Kathmandu, Nepal. We had journeyed here from our home countries…

I arrived at Kathmandu’s Lagankhel bus station at 10 AM on a Saturday morning. The station was a lively yet dusty square, seemingly disordered from an outsider’s perspective. But as with anything…

In Nepal they greet using the words Namaste, meaning “I bow to the divine in you”. For many years the great valley of Kathmandu and the surrounding Himalayan mountain ranges have been…

On the 25th of April 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal, killing nearly 9,000 people and injuring nearly 22,000. This earthquake was one of the darkest days in Nepal’s history, 800,000 homes…

While in Kathmandu make an ethical choice and support local producers with the help of this list of fair trade shops in Nepal’s capital.

It’s every so often that I ponder an idea for a blog post that I know will be quite controversial. I have been sitting on this one for a while now but…

Move over planking. This meditation travel trend is the latest trend to hit the travel scene, and for a good cause too – to promote mental health.