Blogs from Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia

Advertisement

Asia » Nepal » Solukhumbu August 7th 2014

When I walked the fabulous Kangchenjunga Trek last year I already knew that my next adventure would be to visit the neighbouring Makalu region. The amazing line up of white spectacular mountains, dominated by the impressive pyramide shaped Makalu 8462 m. itself, I had witnessed while walking among rhodedendrons and small villages on the Milke Danda Ridge on my way to the remote Kangchejunga Base Camp in 2012 had been stuck in my mind ever since. Makalu Barun National Park & Conservation Area was established in 1992 and stretches some 2300 square km shared between Sankhuwasabha and Solukhumbu District in eastern Nepal. This makes it one of the largest national parks in the country. Few tourists visit this part of the country and the area remains far more peaceful and untouched compared to some of the ... read more
Near Bhanu Chowk and the clock tower in Dharan
People queuing up outside jeep/bus ticket office in Hile
Jeeps in Hile heading for Tumlingtar

Asia » Nepal » Solukhumbu March 16th 2013

I was keen to look at food costs on the EBC so diarised prices as we went. Here is a small sample of costs of food/drinks- hot water cup/small pot/medium pot/large pot, black tea, porridge, toast, apple pancakes, momos, dhal bat, omelette chappatis, vege fried rice and power on the EBC in Feb/March 2013. Unfortunately I cant seem to put a table in the text section of this blog. For the moment I have added it as a JPEG in the photos section so if you want to actually see the details you will need to click on the photo to enlarge it to a point that it is readable. If anyone has any idea on insertion of a table please offer advice! I also took some photos of menus that have a few more prices. ... read more
P1050271
P1050269
P1050270




Tot: 0.056s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 7; qc: 22; dbt: 0.0203s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb