After watching this short video about the village called Lho, which lies in Mansalu District It creates a image in the head how simple the village life can be. Although they have their own hardships and challenges to go through everyday, I can’t stop thinking what would had happened to me or us if we...
BUILDING BORDERS IN REMOTE HIMALAYAS. Our country Nepal is so geographically challenged that building borders among the neighboring countries are quite a challenging task. Being nestled between two huge countries namely India and China, Nepal has a history of challenges building borders. Although Terai is flat in region, Nepal and India has years of controversy...
Nepal’s Gurung people live mostly in small villages in the vast Annapurna mountain ranges. In this remote region, they practice an ancient tradition of honey hunting where they descend towering cliffs on handmade ladders, to harvest honey nestled under jagged overhangs. In spring, the Gurung’s honey contains a rare substance called grayanotoxin from rhododendron flowers...
An archeologist and adventurer, TV host Josh Gates contends with the mysterious and mythological, from Egyptian mummies and Mayan-relic filled cenotes to the cultural and medical truths behind the vampire.In this episode Josh treks high into the Sky Caves of Nepal in search of the origins of the Shangri-La myth, the fabled heaven on earth....
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