Nepal Bhutan Tibet (Articles)

• 1965 Muktinath

  Generally Muktinath is visited from Pokhara. But Zafar, Vinod, Amit and I decided to trek from the southern border of Nepal, northwards.more details…

• 1972 A Trek to Kalapathar

  I was little sceptical about going on a trek to the Everest Base Camp. I had read so much about, seen so many pictures that it all sounded too familiar to be exciting. more details…

• 1978 On Sherpa Trail

  SOLU KHUMBU, in the northeast Nepal, is the homeland of Sherpas. Most of the famous climbing Sherpas hail from the upper district Khumbu, while the Sherpas of lower Solu district are traders.  more details…

• 1995 On ‘Tourist Drain Trek’-Annapurna Base

  Nepal had followed a ‘closed door’ policy for trekking and climbing in the kingdom for several decades. more details…

• 2004 Across Bhutan in Eighteen Days

  The flight from Kolkata to Paro was short. We could see the Himalayan range from Kangchenjunga to Masagang almost on border with Arunachal Pradesh.  more details…

• 2004 Bhutan Diary

  Claude White was appointed as Political Officer here in 1910s. He was benevolent dictator as he  is known, travelled a lot, studied a lot, cared for people and bullied the officials! His book SIKKIM AND BHUTAN is still a classic as he was a painter and sketched many aspects of Bhutan. more details…

• 2004 Brief History of Bhutan

  In the 8^th century A.D. Bhutan was ruled by many independent Princes and one of the most powerful was the Sindhu Raja who was converted to Buddhism by Padma Sambhava. more details…

• 2004 Tibet Hundred Years After Younghusband

  At the western end of the road below the Potala Palace in Lhasa stands a huge  chorten with a gate in the centre and  wide roads on either side. On 3^rd August 1904 the British army had marched through this gate, symbolizing the fall of Lhasa.   more details…