WHEN YOU’RE OUT OF YOUR OWN CULTURAL CONTEXT, YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOURSELF THAT
YOU DON’T HAVE AT ANY OTHER POINT IN YOUR LIFE. WHEN YOU’RE IN A HOTEL ROOM ON THE BORDER
BETWEEN INDIA AND NEPAL YOU CAN REALLY DISCOVER THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF. - DAVID MITCHELL
NEPAL can be best described as a smorgasbord for travellers. It literally asks you
'who would you like to be today?'
An explorer whose joys lie in taming the magnificent challenge eight of the world’s largest
mountains, including Mount Everest, throw at you?
An adrenaline-seeker whose rushes are derived from rafting in stormy rivers or jumping into
steep Himalayan gorges?
A nature-lover whose nights are spent dreaming of a day with tigers, rhinos, crocodiles
and millions of species of birds? A historian who would like to pay homage to Lumbini, the
birthplace of Gautama Buddha, that is one of the world’s holiest places since the 3rd
century B.C.?
A spiritualist who seeks peace in the mantras of the monasteries? A world-traveller who is
intrigued by the combination of a century-old monastery chant progressing right besides
a jazz bar that looks like it was transported from New Orleans?
A creature of comfort who is content to toast some of the world’s most spectacular
mountain views with a glass of champagne?
So make your choice or choices.
This tiny little mountain kingdom won’t disappoint you.
