By Sudeep Kandel Last month, I had an opportunity to attend a ‘Workshop on Ecologically and Socially Sustainable Tourism’ at Sambhaavnaa Institute of Public Policy and Politics in Himanchal Pradesh, India. It was a unique experience to attend this workshop even...
By Sudeep Kandel Last month, I, along with two other runners, finished traversing Nepal. It took us 19 days to run the distance of 638 miles. Never in my life was I tested to my limits, both mentally and physically, like I was over those nearly three weeks. During the...
By Sharad KC As 2014 was drawing to a close, I wanted to take time to travel and explore a bit more of Nepal. Interestingly, living in a country most famous for trekking, I had never been intentional about planning a memorable one. I finally had the chance to plan a...
By Sharad KC This month, the research team here in Nepal went on a short hiking trip to Lakuri Bhanjyang, a small hill southeast of Kathmandu Valley. Since we work in a shared office space environment, we invited everyone in the building to join us for the hike. The...
By Saurav Rajbhandari I recently traveled to Gulariya, Bardiya for a filming project. Gulariya is a small town in the mid-western region of Nepal which is approximately 550 kilometers (342 miles) west from Kathmandu. It was a risk for me to travel alone due to...