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...pilgrims' paths. This is a part of the world where having more than one husband is usual, sheepdogs wear protective tin ruffs to save them from leopards, and paths are often made of silver and gold quartz. And in these strange lands, foreigners are definitely exotic. Unlike Nepal where trekking is a developed industry and walking routes are lined with tea shops selling apple strudel and Swiss r?sti?one of my companions actually claimed to have gained weight on one trip?a short walk in the Indian Himalayas can still be an adventure...
...Delhi, tel: (91-11) 685-2602, and Zingaro Travels in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, tel: (91-1902) 52-736. Our 10-day hike cost $950 per person, including transport, accommodation at the end and a sleeping bag.) Try to do it on your own, as you can in Nepal, and you'll most likely disappear...
...NEPAL Maoist Talks The government met for the first time with Maoist guerrillas who have waged a five-year antimonarchist insurgency. A joint statement released after the meeting near Katmandu described the talks as positive. Negotiators said they would meet again in a fortnight to discuss ways of ending the conflict, which claimed about 1,800 lives before a truce was called in July...
...attack, she called her doctor right away. Her biggest concern was not what you might expect, however. "The first thing I thought of was that Celebrex gave me my life back," says Long, who used to find climbing stairs impossible but has since felt well enough to travel to Nepal. "What would I do without...
...Asia, the destination of choice since Wheeler and his wife Maureen released the first Lonely Planet book, Across Asia on the Cheap, in 1973. A well-worn trail links beaches in Goa (India), Boracay (Philippines), Bali (Indonesia) and southern Thailand and the peaks of Yangshuo (China) and Kathmandu (Nepal). In such numbers, backpackers can't help but trample culture and nature, whatever their environmental beliefs. "They tend to be like sheep, all going to the same places," admits Tony Wheeler. "That is a negative...