Nepal

Mouse Halts Flight

Mouse © ejhogbin Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen bees and snakes in airports, and now this: Airline officials say flight attendants spotted a mouse in the pantry of a Boeing 757, prompting Nepal Airlines to cancel a Bangkok-bound flight, evacuate passengers and tow the jet to a hanger to hunt for the rodent. [...]

360-Degree Panorama from Summit of Mount Everest

For the armchair mountaineer: an interactive, 360-degree panorama from the summit of Mount Everest. Stunning.

Photo of the Moment: Evening Lights at Bhaktapur, Nepal

Mt. Everest Finally Has High Speed Internet, 3G Cell Service (Finally!)

It’s been a few years since we last discussed how Mt. Everest just can’t get no love in the modern age. And now, this: A private telecom firm took high speed Internet facilities to the top of the world on Thursday when it launched Nepal’s first 3G services at the base camp of Mount Everest. [...]

Photo of the Moment: Floating Boatman at Phewa Lake, Nepal

Nepal Launches Massive Rural Tourism Program To Build Up Villages

© Bogman We’re not exactly fans of so-called poverty tourism (“poorism”). Rich tourists go to a village in India or a township in South Africa. They walk amidst the desperate poverty, maybe pick up some kids, and then leave having experienced a refreshing catharsis of guilt over their privilege. If they’re really obnoxious they spend [...]

Photo of the Moment: Light Boy at Bauddha, Nepal

© ` TheDreamSky 꿈꾸는 하늘 In the photographer’s words: He is a prayer lamp seller at Bauddha Stupa. Wearing his cute smile, he was asking everyone around to buy his lamps. He was free, frank and a no-more-stranger boy, completely different form the ‘cute stranger’ of his age that I met on the way to [...]