There's a journey in the world and there's an inner journey
One of my Indian hosts kindly gifted me with The White Tiger, a best selling novel by Indian writer Aravind Adiga. The book is about the journey of a boy born to be a sweet-maker – in a lower caste of Indian society – from a position of servitude to being […]
Read moreHow to cross the westernmost border from Nepal to India via land, Mahendranagar to Banbasa, or the other way around. I had troubles finding the info online about this when I was looking for it, so I thought it would be useful to write them here. IMPORTANT: your Indian visa needs […]
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One, I have been working for many years in the EU politics realm, and in communications. Two, I have discussed issues such as trade agreements, immigration, EU integration, Brexit, and whatnot millions of times, in and out the social networks. Three, I’m Italian. So? What about being Italian? So, right […]
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Situated in South-West Nepal, Bardia National Park is part of that wide and wild Terai, the lowland belt between India and Nepal, rich of grasslands, savannas, forests and swamps. Bardia offers an authentic experience of local life and culture, Tharu people are the main ethnic group in the region, and […]
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Tharu is the name of the ethnic group of the Terai region, Nepal. This is to a larger extent still a rural society, and among their know-how and practices, still live on the role of the Guruwa, or healers. The Guruwa (pronounced Goo-roo-wah) are doctors, with lots of knowledge about […]
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The people of Nepal’s Terai, Tharu, have still a quite intact rural life style, but how long will it take to the force of modernization to kick in and change this society forever? When you stay for over a month in Nepal’s Terai, Thakurdwara, right outside Bardia National Park, you […]
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Bardia National Park offers an authentic experience of jungle safari by foot. Here animals are really wild, unaccustomed to the presence of human beings, from whom they normally flee. Getting to see them requires good guides, with the skills to read the signals the jungle provides. I went for two […]
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The difference is all in the pace. I have always been a fast traveler, now I am a slow one, and I love it! I have been on the road for less than two months, and I have been only to Nepal so far. Yet, I have made experiences that […]
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Pokhara is a very particular place, in quite an unexpected way as far as I am concerned. There’s three things people mostly do: chilling, paragliding, and planning their next adventures. The city is expansive and sprawls out over a vast area, but most travellers stick to the lakeside and north […]
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Manaslu is the eighth highest mountain in the world at 8,163 metres above sea level. It’s one of the great Himalayas circuits that has been discovered in recent years. Here you have the organization, logistic, costs, and highlights of this faboluous trek! Less touristic compared to the more known Annapurna […]
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An out of the ordinary day tour at Pharphing & Dakshinkali villages about 20 Km south Kathmandu. The area is sacred to practitioners of Vajrayana Buddhism, a form of Tibetan Buddhism, as many Lama and meditation masters have achieved enlightenment there. A power place, which attracted a big community of […]
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The monkey temple (Swayambhu) in Kathmandu stands on a hill with overview on the whole city. Quite a touristic spot, but monkeys and souvenirs shop aside, there’s a nice art school for mandala and Buddhist deities paintings. It’s striking the difference between students, professional and masters made mandalas, even for […]
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