Travel destination: Kathmandu, Nepal
ONCE thought to be the fabled and inaccessible Shangri-La, Nepal’s largest city and capital Kathmandu is now a hub for independent travellers as well as a growing vacation destination catering for visitors of all budgets. Due to the urban growth of recent decades, Kathmandu is now part of one continuous urban area, encompassing Kathmandu, Patan,

Meet Your Merchant: Myths and Mountains – cultivating a global community from Lake Tahoe
Toni Neubauer owns Myths and Mountains in Incline Village — a high-end travel company focused on educational, historical and enlightening travel to Asia, South America and South Africa.

Community connections: Travel snaps
Charlie and Betty Watt of Bellevue spent nine days in India with a four-day extension visit to Nepal.

Nepal asks India to rein in fake documents racket
The Government of Nepal has urged the Government of India to stop the racket operating in India that is involved in preparing fake documents for Nepalis going abroad.

Santa Rosa eye surgeon will bring sight to the blind in Nepal
Gary Barth will travel to a forest in Nepal this month to help Dr. Bidya Pant treat functionally blind Nepali Indians.

Nepal detains 90 illegal Tibetan immigrants - police
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal has detained 90 Tibetan exiles for illegally entering the Himalayan republic, police said on Friday, in the latest crackdown on Tibetans carried out shortly before a reported visit by the Chinese premier. Kathmandu police chief Rajendra Shrestha said the refugees were held at Thankot on the outskirts of Kathmandu late on Thursday, while they were travelling in buses ...

Nepali tourists sent home
Sixty-five tourists from Nepal, who had been stranded in Hazaribag town on Sunday night after an accident, left for their country on Monday.

Nepali parks marked by missing visitors
Visitors trek on a trail of the Everest region, northeast of Katmandu, Nepal. The U.S. State Department warned travelers that Nepali police have reported more sexual assaults involving foreigners.

Nepal arrests hundreds of Tibetans ahead of Wen’s five-hour visit
DHARAMSHALA, January 13: In the single biggest arrest of Tibetans on Nepali soil, police on Thursday night arrested hundreds of Tibetans for “illegally entering” the country.

Nepal cops detain 90 Tibetan immigrants
Nepal has detained 90 Tibetan exiles for illegally entering the Himalayan republic, police said yesterday, in the latest crackdown on Tibetans carried out shortly before a reported visit by the Chinese premier.