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How to Plan Your First Trip to Nepal: A Complete Beginner’s Guide
Planning your first trip to Nepal can feel overwhelming at first. The country is small compared with many popular travel destinations, but it offers an extraordinary range of experiences. You can explore ancient temples in Kathmandu, relax beside Phewa Lake in Pokhara, encounter wildlife in Chitwan, visit Buddhist sites in Lumbini, or trek through some of the world’s highest mountains. The key to enjoying Nepal is not trying to see everything in one trip. Instead, choose destinations that match your available time, interests, budget, and comfort level. This guide explains how to plan a trip to Nepal from the beginning, including when to visit, where to go, transportation, accommodation, food,…
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My Week in Pokhara: The Places I Loved, the Food I Tried, and What I’d Do Differently
I came to Pokhara expecting a few days of mountain views and lakeside cafés. I ended up staying for a week. That wasn’t part of my original plan. I had initially thought I would spend three or four days in the city before continuing somewhere else. But Pokhara has a way of making you slow down. One morning turns into an afternoon, an afternoon turns into sunset, and suddenly you’re looking at your calendar wondering where the last few days went. Before arriving, I mostly knew Pokhara from photographs. Phewa Lake. Machhapuchhre. Boats on calm water. Paragliders floating above the valley. The Annapurna mountains in the background. All of those…
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