Labourers force closure of 200 hotels and restaurants in Nepal

One of most visited tourist town's of Nepal is undergoing massive unrest. Nepal's tourist capital Pokhra has witnessed closure of all the restaurents, hotels, tourists bus services for last couple of days leaving the tourist stranded. The workers have gone on strike over the...

Nepal gives formal recognition to third gender

Gays and Lesbian were always frowned upon in the conservative Nepalese society. Gay men and women and members of other sexual minorities have long complained of discrimination in Nepal. some time back Nepal's...

Philanthropic Tourism and Nepal

Today’s world is broadly divided into two faiths: materialism and non-materialism. Materialism tells the mankind that happiness lies in accumulation of worldly tangible things and using them for life’s...

Pokhara - 64 HIV/AIDS patients die, 900 undergoing treatment in Pokhara Hospital

"Pokhara, May 30: Western Regional Hospital, Pokhara, has said 64 HIV/AIDS patients have died while undergoing treatment in the hospital so far. The hospital also said 900 HIV-infected patients are undergoing treatment in the hospital at present. Dr Basanta Tamrakar revealed...

Nepal king set to lose more palaces

Kathmandu (ANTARA News) - Embattled Nepalese King Gyanendra Sunday suffered a further setback after a government committee recommended nationalisation of more of his palaces and private forests. The official Nepal...

Tourists return to Nepal as violence makes an exit

"Tourists return to Nepal as violence makes an exit By Vipul Goel Pokhara (Nepal), Jan.16 (ANI): As peace returns to Nepal, the Himalayan kingdom, after the November peace deal between the interim government and the Maoists, thousands of tourists have started visiting...

This photograph has a story within a story: Does yours?

A new member sent in this great photograph in order to contribute to a news story, but the photograph was telling a story within a story, which only became realized when I was sent a link to the travel blog which...

The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God

There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu, There’s a little marble cross below the town; There’s a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes down.  He was known as "Mad Carew" by the subs at...

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