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Is it ok to travel to Nepal right now? Or maybe towards the end of the year? With slow earthquake recovery & what they're going through, many still homeless, I'd feel bad traipsing around it all like a tourist. Plus aftershocks. Thoughts? Thanks!

This is totally up to you and your convenience. My mom is leaving for Nepal tomorrow so it’s perfectly safe to travel there right now and the tourism board declared Nepal safe to travel a couple months after the big earthquake last year. The whole recovery process is going to take at least 10 years for a country like Nepal. Hopefully people have a roof over their heads a lot sooner than that but there is no way to avoid seeing poverty in Nepal no matter when you go. You’ll see homeless people even on the fanciest streets of Kathmandu (Durbar Marg, Thamel, Jhamel etc) including little kids and babies. If you really are worried for the earthquake victims, and you have a professional skill set that they would benefit from then volunteer or donate to organizations that are helping them. I know doctors and nurses that travelled to Nepal from Canada and volunteered/worked at Nepali hospitals. Besides Nepal’s economy benefits a lot from tourism and right now Nepal needs the tourism income more than ever.

I personally would pick a time and just go. It’s gonna be good no matter what season you choose to travel in. PS- no one knows when the aftershocks will end. 😧

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hi :) is Nepal very vegan friendly? i'm going there for the mount Everest base camp trek and I know the tour is very accommodating but i'm also staying an extra week and was just wondering if restaurants/food stalls are very accommodating? thankyou x

Vegetarian friendly is a no-brainer because a lot of people in Nepal are vegetarians and you’ll have absolutely no problem with a vegetarian diet. This means no meat, seafood, eggs etc. Your meals can be vegan too if you ask the chefs to make it dairy free. I’m not sure if you consume honey too but you can ask to get it removed. But here’s the thing, all the vegetables or crops grown in Nepal are a product of animal labor. Farmers don’t use machines and it’s ox and bull or water buffaloes that plough the fields and donkeys or yaks that carry the load down the mountain. So almost everything you eat there, will be a product of animal labor unless someone grew it in their backyard gardens or something.

I’m just letting you know because I don’t want you to feel like I lied to you or anything. If you’re only worried about eating animal products then it shouldn’t be difficult just be careful with dairy products and honey (if it applies to you).

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ihatemcu:

If you didn’t get the hint, I really, really hate MCU. I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but what Marvel has done is way too personal for me to be quiet. The one thing I will force upon you with all my heart, is my pure hatred of the Doctor Strange movie. I’m begging you, please boycott Doctor Strange.

What Marvel is doing with this film is inexcusable. I’m Tibetan, and I grew up in America as a child of refugees. My father was a fan of Marvel comics as a child, and one of his favorite stories was Doctor Strange’s, because of his connection to our homeland, Tibet. The Ancient One was a high Tibetan lama who taught Doctor Strange the art of magic. You might think Marvel’s only crime is whitewashing him, but its a lot worse then that. tl;dr Marvel blatantly turned the Ancient One into a white woman, as well as changed Doctor Strange’s original setting of Tibet to Nepal, in order to avoid any involvement with Tibet’s current politics (aka oppression) with Communist China. 

The reason my parents are refugees is because of the Chinese genocide of Tibetans. Tibet is a country occupied by China, and is one of the most oppressed countries in the world. You probably don’t know much about it because China’s position as a global superpower as well as the government’s complete control of media and news. There is no freedom of speech in all of China, therefore national censorship is extremely common and no one who isn’t involved really knows anything. China pretends that all Tibetans are happy and they really do not like anyone even mentioning the Tibet situation, especially outsiders. 

Marvel knows this, one of their main markets is their viewers in China. China has banned a lot of foreign films for long periods of time because of even slight implications of Tibetan oppression (ex: the Avatar the Last Airbender movie). Doctor Strange could get banned if they included Tibet, meaning millions lost. Why bother risking loosing money from China when you can just whitewash everything to cover it up? This is Marvel’s direct statement that they care more about money then human rights, and I’m honestly not surprised. This has always happened, and it will happen again. Literally no one gives a fuck about Tibetans, I’ve seen it happen all my life. Westerners and the Chinese government alike want to hide our oppression, hide our culture until it makes them money, and hide our millions of deaths and losses. If you do happen to be one of the few who do care, please, please, do not support this film and boycott Doctor Strange. 

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<p><a href="https://fotojournalismus.tumblr.com/post/142841705228/people-dance-during-the-bisket-jatra-festival-in" class="tumblr_blog">fotojournalismus</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>People dance during the Bisket Jatra Festival in Thimi on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal on April 14, 2016. (<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/photos-day-april-14-2016-185606421/photo-p-picture-taken-slow-shutter-photo-185606002.html">Narendra Shrestha/EPA</a>)</p></blockquote>

fotojournalismus:

People dance during the Bisket Jatra Festival in Thimi on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal on April 14, 2016. (Narendra Shrestha/EPA)

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<p><a href="http://clubbendsy.tumblr.com/post/44818694454/nepal" class="tumblr_blog">clubbendsy</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Nepal</p></blockquote>

clubbendsy:

Nepal

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Happy Nepali New Year 2073!!

Nava barsha ko hardik mangalmaya shubhakamana!

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<p>World Peace Pagoda in Pokhara with Mount Machhapuchhre in the background.</p>

World Peace Pagoda in Pokhara with Mount Machhapuchhre in the background.

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Okay so I was browsing online to buy some Nepali handicrafts or jewellery or other stuff and all I could find were tourists or other non-nepalis that were selling authentic Nepali products for 10/20/30 times the original price of what you’d get in Nepal. And most of them were just pocketing the difference. (Especially on Etsy) Now I know Kathmandu’s market like the back of my hand and no way any of those things cost that much.


So if any of you want to buy authentic Nepali crafts or jewellery etc go to nepbay.com
They have a review of 4.1/5 and ship worldwide. I haven’t bought anything from them yet but might I’m the future. I’ll try to find more Nepali shops online so that people aren’t being tricked into buying Nepali products from unfair sellers

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<p><a href="http://clubbendsy.tumblr.com/post/43951060033/photos-by-sarah-diehl" class="tumblr_blog">clubbendsy</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Photos by Sarah Diehl </p></blockquote> <p>Tungna - Traditional Nepali musical instrument</p>

clubbendsy:

Photos by Sarah Diehl 

Tungna - Traditional Nepali musical instrument

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About Me

I grew up in a small town helping my parents on their farm. There I developed my love for nature and a desire to explore. Now I travel around the world photographing nature.

Interests

I love to travel. I have been everywhere, from Alaska to Zimbabwe. For every trip I keep a travel log of my adventures and capture the world as I see it.

Check out my photo gallery to get a glimpse into where I have been. And drop me a line if want to find out more. I always love to hear from fellow travelers.

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I am looking for my next big adventure. There are still many places I want to visit and even more to which I want to return. The camera is charged up and my backpack is packed; drop me a line if you know where I should go next.