Important Projects in Kathmandu
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What Gear Do I Need for the Everest Base Camp Trek (and Why)?
*Last Updated December 2015* What gear you need for the Everest Base Camp trek depends on what season you will be trekking in. It is...
Voices from Post-Revolutionary Egypt 7: The Working Mother
I sits with her daughter, her son and her daughter-in-law in the shade of a Nubian mudbrick dome, looking out over the expanse of Lake...
In Search of Snow — on Horseback
One of Z’s signal complaints – his desire for a skyline safely sated by China – over almost two years in the tropics has been...
Like Jane Austen But Not: The Single Gal's Guide to Travelling Asia
1: Avoid Spaghetti Straps Shoulders are an erogenous zone in many cultures. Particularly shy ones. In South-East Asia, nothing, and I do mean nothing, says...
Fifteen and a Half Steps to (Back)Packing Mastery
1: Heavy Stuff High, Light Stuff Low Thanks to the high-school physics principle of moment, things at the bottom of your pack feel heavier than...
Short Trousers…
Why is it that someone capable of the Wildean (or Timmy Timpson-esque) remark — “I’ve just been stung by an aquatic delicacy; I am hardly...
Does My Mum Look Big in This?
“I think you should wear something a little more slimming tomorrow, mum,” was tactfully meant. “God, mum, your tummy sticks out almost as far as...