This issue – SNOW LEOPARD SPECIAL!

Quest for the Snow Leopard

by Darla Hillard and Rodney Jackson It has been thirty years since we came face-to-face with our first wild snow...

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Across the Himalayas in a 128 Days

Jane Poretsis interviews Sunil Tamang Sunil Tamang’s great passion for adventure started at the young age of...

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A Royal Wedding in a Magical Kingdom

by Jane Poretsis On this day, 31 year old King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck married the beautiful 21 year old...

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A New Kind of Happiness

by Steve Evans As the passenger jetliner flew past eight of the ten highest mountains in the world, I knew I was...

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Shamanism

Who Were the Spirits of Bumthang? A Sneek Peek into Bumthang’s World of Spirits! by Kunzang Choden   Bhutan...

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Volunteering

  Medical volunteers’ kick-start high altitude genetics study by Charles Malcolm-Brown MA FRSA (Chairman)...

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New features starting this issue!

Making Nepal My Home

Born in Coventry, England, Juliette Cunliffe (ALAM, JD, BDC)  has led a remarkable life and now lives a long way...

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Travel Health

Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth BSc (hons), MSc (Oxon), BM, DCH, DCCH, DFSRH, FRSTM&H, FFTM RCPS (Glasg) Nepal has had...

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Volunteering

Volunteering is an exciting new feature that is spearheaded by the Mountain Trust Organisation and written each...

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Trekking For Charity

Is a fantastic new regular feature looking at the organisations and people who trek for charity across the Eastern...

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Fundraising

Fundraising is big business across the world; however, for the smaller charities supporting a myriad of causes and...

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IPPG

The mountain porter is the backbone of the trekking and expedition industry in the Himalayas and nowhere is this...

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News

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Bhutan Launches its First Domestic Air Service

With new airstrips in central and eastern Bhutan, Bhutan’s first domestic air service was launched on the 17th December 2011 –with Tashi Air seeing  the arrival of its first aircraft at the Paro...

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Bhutan’s Minimum Tour Package cost to Increase 2012

“As Bhutan continues to Target high-value Tourists” From 2012 Bhutan’s minimum package tour cost per person will be USD 250 a day for the months of March, April, May, September, October and...

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Lost Tigers Found in the Bhutan Mountains

A lost population of tigers have been found living high up in the mountains of Bhutan. The discovery has amazed experts as they are living at a higher altitude than previously known and appear to be...

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Oman Air – Special Spring Deals to Kathmandu

Oman Air has some great offers on flights in spring 2012 to the stunning destination of Kathmandu, Nepal. With flights from London Heathrow via Muscat starting from just £496 per person, including...

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Himalayan Glaciers Melting

Glaciers in the Himalaya are melting and have shrunk by over a fifth in just 30 years, scientists are claiming. Findings were published in 3 reports by the Kathmandu-based International Centre for...

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School Children from Nepal Track Snow Leopard

School children from Nepal have been enlisted by conservationists to record the movements of the snow leopard. It is believed that there are around 500 adults in Nepal, although as Som Ale of the...

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This issues best Travel Blog

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Four Years Among the Snow Leopards of Nepal

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