• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to content

cushtravel asia travel blog

South East Asia Travel Blog

  • Asia
    • Southeast Asia
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
        • Phnom Penh
        • Siem Reap
        • Sihanoukville
      • Indonesia
        • Bali
        • Bandung
        • Batam
        • Jakarta
        • Lombok
        • Medan
        • Surabaya
        • Yogyakarta
      • Laos
        • Luang Prabang
        • Vientiane
      • Malaysia
        • Kota Kinabalu
        • Kuala Lumpur
        • Langkawi
        • Malacca | Melaka
        • Pangkor Island
        • Penang
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
        • Baguio
        • Bohol
        • Boracay
        • Cebu
        • Davao
        • Manila
        • Palawan
        • Puerto Galera
        • Puerto Princesa
        • Subic
        • Tagaytay
      • Singapore
      • Thailand
        • Bangkok
        • Chiang Mai
        • Hua Hin – Cha-am
        • Krabi
        • Pattaya
        • Phuket
        • Samui
      • Vietnam
        • Hanoi
        • Ho Chi Minh
        • Hoi An
        • Hue
        • Nha Trang
    • South Asia
      • India
        • Agra
        • Bangalore
        • Bangladesh
        • Calcutta
        • Chennai
        • Goa
        • Jaipur
        • Jodhpur
        • Kochi
        • Mumbai
        • New Delhi
        • Srinagar
        • Udaipur
        • Varanasi
      • Maldives
      • Nepal
        • Kathmandu
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
    • Middle East
      • Bahrain
      • Israel
        • Eilat
        • Jerusalem
      • Jordan
        • Amman
        • Aqaba
      • Kuwait
      • Lebanon
        • Jounieh
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
        • Al Khobar
        • Jeddah
      • United Arab Emirates
        • Dubai
    • East Asia
      • Korea
        • Busan
        • Incheon
        • Jeju-do
        • Seoul
      • Macau
      • Taiwan
        • Chiayi
        • Hsinchu
        • Hualien
        • Kaohsiung
        • Nantou
        • Taichung
        • Tainan
        • Taipei
        • Taoyuan
        • Yilan
    • Central Asia
      • Kazakhstan
  • Europe
    • Azerbaijan
    • Georgia
    • Italy
  • Pacific
    • Fiji
    • Guam
    • Papua New Guinea
  • About
  • Work With Us
  • Contact Us
  • Asia
    • Southeast Asia
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
        • Phnom Penh
        • Siem Reap
        • Sihanoukville
      • Indonesia
        • Bali
        • Bandung
        • Batam
        • Jakarta
        • Lombok
        • Medan
        • Surabaya
        • Yogyakarta
      • Laos
        • Luang Prabang
        • Vientiane
      • Malaysia
        • Kota Kinabalu
        • Kuala Lumpur
        • Langkawi
        • Malacca | Melaka
        • Pangkor Island
        • Penang
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
        • Baguio
        • Bohol
        • Boracay
        • Cebu
        • Davao
        • Manila
        • Palawan
        • Puerto Galera
        • Puerto Princesa
        • Subic
        • Tagaytay
      • Singapore
      • Thailand
        • Bangkok
        • Chiang Mai
        • Hua Hin – Cha-am
        • Krabi
        • Pattaya
        • Phuket
        • Samui
      • Vietnam
        • Hanoi
        • Ho Chi Minh
        • Hoi An
        • Hue
        • Nha Trang
    • South Asia
      • India
        • Agra
        • Bangalore
        • Bangladesh
        • Calcutta
        • Chennai
        • Goa
        • Jaipur
        • Jodhpur
        • Kochi
        • Mumbai
        • New Delhi
        • Srinagar
        • Udaipur
        • Varanasi
      • Maldives
      • Nepal
        • Kathmandu
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
    • Middle East
      • Bahrain
      • Israel
        • Eilat
        • Jerusalem
      • Jordan
        • Amman
        • Aqaba
      • Kuwait
      • Lebanon
        • Jounieh
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
        • Al Khobar
        • Jeddah
      • United Arab Emirates
        • Dubai
    • East Asia
      • Korea
        • Busan
        • Incheon
        • Jeju-do
        • Seoul
      • Macau
      • Taiwan
        • Chiayi
        • Hsinchu
        • Hualien
        • Kaohsiung
        • Nantou
        • Taichung
        • Tainan
        • Taipei
        • Taoyuan
        • Yilan
    • Central Asia
      • Kazakhstan
  • Europe
    • Azerbaijan
    • Georgia
    • Italy
  • Pacific
    • Fiji
    • Guam
    • Papua New Guinea
  • About
  • Work With Us
  • Contact Us

Nepal

Nepal: A Place for Discovering the Spirit

There has long been something about Nepal that has attracted spiritual persons. Is it in the rugged mountains around it, of which one boasts the highest elevation on our planet? Is it in the snow-sprinkled valleys between the ranges, which seem natural cradles in the bosom of the world? Or is it in the people themselves, who manage to retain their charm and warmth despite the snowy rocks they often live beside? It may be all of these things and more—that is, the compounded history and picture all these things have made possible and continue to render possible to build on.

Nepal is one of those places you have to see first to understand, though. This is not a country you can grasp from staring at a map or just a few pictures. That’s fitting, in a way: the country that holds the roof of the world (or its pillars, at any rate) should not be a country one can capture in a few lines on an image or a paragraph of description. This is the earth at its grandest, away from the oceans and not dwarfed by them, but rather striving for the very heavens.

All the more appropriate that so much of Nepal’s history has focused on heavenliness. This is the perfect location for ascetics and soul-searchers, a land sprinkled liberally with stupas and temple complexes amidst the villages and local bazaars. You come here to see what people have built amidst all this natural beauty in their efforts. There are lakes next to tourist towns, national parks beside and including enormous ranges, gorgeous stretches of greenery ramifying into tendrils of lush reaching up into the snowy caps. Nepal is a place to go trekking or motorbiking, to conquer the rivers with rafts or gaze into their bubbling stretches, and a place for prayer or simple admiration of that which both god and man have wrought.

You Are Here: CushTravel > Asia > South Asia > Nepal > Page 3

Gokarna – where One Can Play Golf while Viewing the Himalayas

May 3, 2018 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

Gokarna is a district in Kathmandu, Nepal that is best known for the Gokarna Forest Resort, which is of course inside a rich and lush forest. The forest was where the royal family and the past kings of Nepal used to hunt for game. The serene forest is found just within the city limits of Kathmandu.
buy ventolin online https://www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/over/ventolin.html over the counter

gokarna, nepal, kathmandu
Gokarna Forest Golf Club In Kathmandu Nepal

As the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu is where all the action happens. Most of the major tourist destinations in the country are found here. As the largest and busiest Nepali city, Kathmandu is the political, social, religious and economic center of Nepal. Thamel is the …

Filed Under: Kathmandu Tagged With: gokarna forest resort, gokarna kathmandu, nepal

Dakshin Kali Temple – The Bloodiest Temple in the World

May 2, 2018 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

One of the most intriguing places in Kathmandu that you should not dare miss while in Nepal is the Dakshin Kali or Dakshinkali Temple. Believe it or not, actually animal sacrifices are still practiced here, making it one of the bloodiest temples in South Asia. Located just about 22 kilometers from the center of Kathmandu, near the village of Pharpin, this blood-soaked temple and one of the main temples in Nepal is dedicated to the goddess Kali, which explains the gory ritual.

dakshinkali temple, nepal, kathmandu
Dakshin Kali Temple

Kali is a Hindu goddess that is known as the black one. Her name is synonymous to black, time, death, or lord of death. The goddess …

Filed Under: Kathmandu Tagged With: dakshin kali temple, kathmandu, nepal

Jagannath Mandir and Kathmandu Durbar Square

May 1, 2018 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

The heart of Nepal’s tourism is the Kathmandu Durbar Square in the capital city of Kathmandu. This ancient complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and within it is a cluster of centuries-old streets, palaces, courtyards, shrines, stupas and temples that date back to the 12th and 18th centuries. Jagannath Mandir is one of the temples inside Durbar Square, and it is most famous for the erotic carvings on its roof struts. The temple may have been built by Mahendra Malla in 1563 but it was Pratap Malla who claimed to have constructed Jagganath in later years. The two-storey temple has a three-tiered platform with three doors on each side. Only the center door may be opened today.

jagannath mandir, kathmandu, nepal
Jagannath Mandir Temple

The Kathmandu Valley, where the capital city is found, has eight UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites, and Kathmandu Durbar …

Filed Under: Kathmandu Tagged With: jagannath mandir, kathmandu, nepal

Durbar Marg – The Manhattan of Kathmandu

April 30, 2018 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

Durbar Marg is literally translated as King’s Way. It is one of the most famous roads in Kathmandu, considered as the expensive face of the capital city. On one end of the road is the Narayanhiti Palace where the royal family of Nepal used to live. The road was actually named for the palace because the king and his family regularly passed this way.
canadian pharmacy gaetzpharmacy.com no prescription

durbag marg, nepal, kathmandu
Durbar Marg in Kathmandu

After the monarchy fell and Nepal became a nation, the government took control of the palace and converted it into a museum, thus it is now called the Narayanhiti Palace Museum. It is very distinguished in the city as a national landmark since it is large, majestic-looking and colored pink. On the other end of the King’s Way across a number of up-scale boutiques, hotels, shops and restaurants, is …

Filed Under: Kathmandu Tagged With: durbarmarg, kathmandu, nepal

The Interesting Town of Tansen

February 11, 2018 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

The town of Tansen is Palpa District’s administrative center. It is found in western Nepal, specifically between Pokhara and Butwal. The town has a moderate climate. Its average temperature does not go beyond 30°C and does not go lower than 0°C. The town is home to Newari communities that engage in trade, metalwork, and dhaka cloth production. The town can be reached by taking a local bus from Butwal or Pokhara.

tansen nepal, tansen town,
The Town of Tansen

The town used to be the capital of the old Magar kingdom of Tanahun which, before the time of the Shah Dynasty, was one of the most powerful in the region. This kingdom was so powerful that it almost overtook Kathmandu. Eventually, the power and influence of …

Filed Under: Nepal Tagged With: nepal, tansen, tansen nepal

Lumbini: The Birthplace of Buddha

February 10, 2018 By //  by Sarah Cruz Leave a Comment

Lumbini is a very popular place in Nepal because it is said to be where Buddha was born in 642 BC. In Buddhism, the place is considered to be one of the four holy places. According to religious belief, this place used to be a garden where Sal trees abound. Buddha’s mother, Maya Devi, began to feel labor pains in the garden and took hold of a low-lying branch of a Sal tree as she gave birth. Because of its importance as a holy place, Buddhists from all over the world visit the town.

nepal lumbini, lumbini, world peace pagoda
World Peace Pagoda Lumbini

Lumbini has remarkable beauty, and old Sanskrit and Pali writings give witness to this. Aside from this, the town has many temples …

Filed Under: Nepal Tagged With: lumbini, lumbini nepal, nepal

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • …
  • Page 12
  • Next Page »

Copyright © 2022 . CushTravel.com Travel Blog . Privacy . Terms . Sitemap