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Long live racism!

Posted on December 8, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

     For the first time in my life, I got an upgrade and flew business class on my flight from Kathmandu to Kuala Lumpur. Not even on my birthday on a half-empty plane with Icelandair and dressing well could I manage … Continue reading →

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Things you wouldn’t expect to find in Nepal

Posted on December 6, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

     Before I start, a quick thing, the shortest of short stories: a billion years ago when I visited New Zealand I stayed as a Servas guest with a woman in her 70s in a remote part of the South Island. … Continue reading →

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The food in Nepal

Posted on December 3, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

     I don’t have a photo of what just about every Nepali eats twice every day: dal bhat tarkari, which is rice, lentils and a usually non-soupy vegetable curry. I’m like that sometimes. And no photo of the oddly coupled “Hotel … Continue reading →

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A long trek in the Annapurna mountains of Nepal

Posted on December 1, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

     Announcement: I have finally completed the Annapurna Circuit in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal.      Thank you. It’s one of the greatest accomplishments of my life, right up there with getting a live person on the phone from my bank once. … Continue reading →

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A short trek in the Annapurna mountains

Posted on November 15, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

     I went on a four-day trek in the Annapurna mountains with an old friend, Greg, he of the renowned Hoshi Boshi Lodge in Nagano-ken, Japan, available for rent at reasonable (for Japan) rates. (By the way, have you ever thought … Continue reading →

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The silence that cometh: off to trek

Posted on November 9, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

     I met a guy from Cameroon who plays professional soccer in Nepal—it’s true! How could I make something like that up?—and there is a big international soccer tournament starting today, but no, I’m off to do the Annapurna Sanctuary trek. … Continue reading →

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The sweetest gift of love: elephant dung paper from Nepal

Posted on November 6, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

     As the bird flies I am only 15 or 20km from India in the lowlands of Nepal in a quiet and leafy part of Sauraha, a three-street village that is next to the Chitwan National Park. It’s great to be … Continue reading →

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The glue that was the Kathmandu post office

Posted on November 3, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

     I decided it was a good time to move out of the Hotel Impala when I turned on the TV one morning and it made a sizzling sound, then smoked. Who needs a TV anyway? Overrated. I moved to another … Continue reading →

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The people you meet in Kathmandu, Nepal

Posted on October 31, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

     This is Vivien of the famous Korean food and photography blog, KoreanHapa.com. We met in 2002 in Laos and haven’t seen each other until now, when I saw a fleeting Facebook post from her that said she was flying to … Continue reading →

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Europe to Kathmandu, Nepal for 218 euros. Interested?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by The Dromomaniac

     Can I interest you in a 218 euro (US$308) flight to Kathmandu from Europe? Of course I can! It’s the best time of the year to visit Nepal! That includes all taxes, and one way is more or less half … Continue reading →

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