Shey Phoksundo Lake is an alpine freshwater oligotrophic lake in Nepal’s Shey Phoksundo National Park, located at an elevation of 3,611.5 m in the Dolpa District. Now some might wonder what does oligotrophic lake means. An oligotrophic lake has a low concentration of plant nutrients in its water. With few nutrients, there are few plants,...
A moment of treasure courtesy of [Original File Name: 35HIMALAYA COMP #19 FILMS 21 & 54 OFFSPRING 2]. Time has changed us but I still believe there are things implanted in our DNA, hence most of us feel a sense of tranquillity and peace in the wilderness. After watching this documentary filmed by Christoph von...
This rare footage was shot by Arnold Adriaan Bake in 1931. He is showing the changing culture and our ancient landscape. Although the film is not well documented according to this standard of today still it is an important part of our culture and heritage that he has successfully covered up. Those days Indra Jatra...
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...
