THE PLAN FOR
NEPAL - MK I
(the one in
bold is what I
actually experienced, strike through;
not) |
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Location |
Why |
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KATHMANDU |
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Karma Travellers Home |
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Durbar Square |
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Asan Tole |
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Indra Chowk |
Central square, architecture, temples |
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Bhimsen Tower |
62 m outlook |
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Itum Bahal |
Food market |
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Seto Machhendranth Temple |
Square, temple, cloth market |
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Karma Travellers Home |
Temple square |
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Bus Kathmandu - Narayangarh 4H |
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Bus to Sauraba 1H? |
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SAURABA city; Safari Club 3 nights |
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CHITWAN NP. Walks p 227 |
Awesome! Rhinos ie |
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Bus to Bharatpur/Narayangadh 45M? |
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Bus to Mulgin 1H? |
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Manakamana Cable Car |
View, temple, nature |
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Bus to Gorkhá 1H? |
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Gorkha hotel? |
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GORKHA |
Nice city, palace, hikes |
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Bandipur Village Resort |
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BANDIPUR |
Nice authentic village |
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Thani Mai Temple |
380 dg view, nature |
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Bus to Pokhara 3H |
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Hotel Simrik |
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POKHARA |
10-20C |
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Phewa Tal Lake |
Nature |
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Old town |
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Seti River Gorge |
Nature |
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Devi's Fall |
Nature |
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World Peace Pagoda |
Hike 2 hours |
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Hotel Simrik |
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Siddhartha Highway: Sunauli-Pokhara |
Great views via Tansen city |
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TANSEN |
Along the road, Great walks |
Ranighat Durbar Not worth
the effort - I think |
"Taj Mahal of Nepal" or a
henhouse... |
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Walks around Tansen |
Nature |
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Hotel Indreni |
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Bus Butwal 2,5H Lumbini 1H |
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LUMBINI |
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Maya Devi Temple |
Birthplace of Buddha |
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Mahima Guest House |
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Bus Lumbini - Bharatpur - Khatmandu 10H |
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PATAN The Hungry Treat Home |
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AROUND KATHMANDU VALLY |
5-15C |
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Phraping |
why not? Nature around |
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Dakshinkali |
Blood offers to Kali, nature |
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Dollu |
Tempe,
nature |
Champagaon was way out of
the track |
Temples, nature, birds +
Lele Valley |
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Sleep in
The
Hungry Treat Home
Bus 45min |
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PATAN |
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The Hungry Treat Home |
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Durbar Square |
Many temples |
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Patan Museum |
"Finest collection of religious art in Asia" |
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North of D.Sq.: Kwa Bahal Temple (golden) |
Stone work, tortoises, |
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Kumbeshwar Temple |
Eye catching... |
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Godavari |
Royal BG |
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Godavari Kunda Forest |
Nature |
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Pulchowki Mountain |
6 hour trail |
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Sleep in
The
Hungry Treat Home
Bus 45min |
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BHAKTAPUR |
Preserved old city |
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Taumadhi Tole |
Tallest temple |
Erotic Elephants Temple
Couldn't find them |
why not? |
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Ugrachandu & Bharirab statues |
"Magnificent" |
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Golden Gate |
"Don't miss" |
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Potter's Square |
Market |
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Sleep in Ganesh Guest house |
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Around Bhaktapur |
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Changu Narayan Temple Bus 30 min |
Fine art |
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Bus/taxi to Pashupatinath 20 km, 1H? |
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PASHUPATINATH |
River, Cremation Ghats |
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P: Bachareshwari Temple |
Old temple, human sacrifices? |
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P: Vishwarup Temple |
50 shrines, archeologically site, stunning!
Nature |
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Sleep Bodhnath |
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BODHANATH |
Largest Stubha in Asia, Buddhists |
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Ka-Nying Sheldrup Ling Gompa |
Buddhist Monastery, garden |
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Gokarna Mahadev Temple |
Stone carvings, forest reserve |
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Taxi to Budhanilkantha |
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Budhanilkantha |
Secret place, awesome statue, nature |
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Shivapuri Nagarjun NP |
Orchids, 177 birds, |
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Swayambhunath by |
UNICCO site, Stupa, Budd temple, views,
nature |
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Karma Travellers Home |
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Nagarjun Hill NP |
Nature, 2095m view |
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Karma Travellers Home |
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THE VALLEY FRINGE East of K. |
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Nagarkot |
Mountain views, nature |
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Manala resort |
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Hike in the area |
Mountain views, nature |
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Manala resort |
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Trail to Panauti
Rain meant; Bus |
Cosy city |
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Walks in and outside town |
Cosy city |
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Hotel Panauti |
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Kathmandu |
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Garden of Dreams |
Garden |
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Karma Travellers Home |
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BHUTAN 6/1 2015
BANGLADESH 12/1 - 28/1
INDIA 28/1-2/2
Back in Nepal East. |
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Kakarvitta (Kakkavitta) border |
Border city near nursery in India |
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Bus to Dooars |
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Doooars Lake View Resort |
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Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve |
Dolphins at the bridge at Koshin Barrage |
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Doooars Lake View Resort |
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Bus Janakpur 6H |
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Janakpur |
On the road |
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Manaki Hotel |
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Janaki Mandir and the rest in town |
Fine architecture temple |
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Manaki Hotel |
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Bus to Daman 8H+ |
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Tribhuvan Highway;
Hetauda to Naubise |
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Daman |
Best Himalayan views! |
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Sherpa House Daman |
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Mountain BG |
Just the right plants |
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Sherpa House Daman |
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Bus Kath 4H+4H |
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Karma Travellers Home |
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Just fooling
around, shopping souvenirs, drinking
milk-tea |
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Karma Travellers Home |
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Just fooling around, shopping souvenirs,
drinking milk-tea |
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Karma Travellers Home |
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