Nepal hiking

If you want to do some serious hiking in Nepal and get a view of the mighty Himalayas, you can do a loop from near Pokhara that takes you up to Poon Hill and round to Gandruk for some great panoramas. You’ll also get a nice teahouse stay experience that’s still one of the world’s …

If you’re looking for the very cheapest place to travel in the world, Nepal is certainly close to the top. It was one of the world’s best destination bargains the first time I landed there in the mid-90s and it still is today. Travel prices in Nepal are a perpetual bargain. Looking back at my …

One of my fondest memories in the three years I spent backpacking around the world was the three weeks I hiked along some of the world’s highest mountains on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. It was the perfect long-term trek: gorgeous scenery, places to stay in every village, and no roads, just footpaths. Alas, that …

When I get the inevitable question about the place on this planet I’ve liked the most in my travels, I always answer the impossible with some kind of hedging answer. When I look back on the greatest adventures though, my three-week Annapurna Circuit trek in Nepal was a highlight for sure, as superlative as the …