magine a land where the
loudest noise is the wind flowing through the mountain passes far above, or the distant
rumble of a river crashing through its canyon far below, or the musical plunk of a rice
mill somewhere on a verdant hillside, of goats or roosters calling from the next valley,
or the chatter of children from a walled school-yard. Imagine a panorama of green steep
hills rising to rolling crests of glissading stone, then far above them soaring peaks of
sheer white ice, and above these, towering over the earth and blocking off the sky, great
bastions of razor sharp glacier and jagged black rock - these are the Himalayas, the Roof
of the World, and this is Nepal, the hidden, mystical kingdom of peace, beauty, and
serenity.
Once the province only of its hearty, strong, and friendly people,
then of a few intrepid climbers who came to conquer and die on its fierce mountains, Nepal
is now accessible to anyone with a reasonably good constitution and a love for the beauty
and mystery of the world. From its fascinating, ancient capital of Kathmandu to its most
remote trails and villages, from its flat Terai forests to its precipitous mountain
torrents and wind-swept vistas, from its Hindi-speaking lowlanders to the proud and kindly
Sherpas and Tibetans of its higher climes, Nepal is fascinating, complex, compelling, and
unforgettable. Few people visit Nepal just once, for to go to Nepal is to promise to
return.
- Brian Tetly
The
Insider's Guide to Nepal
Nature alone makes its one of the most
fascinating countries in Asia: a confusion of mountains and hills, almost as if the
Himalayas, in an attempt to reach the heavens, had crumbled back down to earth.
- Guiseppe Tucci,
Journey to Mustang
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