Nepal
- Population: 26.3 million (UN, 2005)
- Capital: Kathmandu
- Area: 147,181 sq km (56,827 sq miles)
- Major language: Nepali
- Major religions: Hinduism (official), Buddhism
- Life expectancy: 61 years (men), 62 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Nepalese rupee = 100 paisa
- The Himalayan Times – English-language
- The Kathmandu Post – English-language daily
- The Rising Nepal – English-language
Road Junky has 5 Nepal articles. Scroll down to view.
The other side of the bars – visiting prisoners in Kathmandu
In 1992, I did a four-month overland trip, starting in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and ending up in Kathmandu, Nepal, via Kashgar in China’s Xinjiang Province, Western Tibet, Lhasa, and the southern ...
The Depraved Tourist Playground of Thamel, Kathmandu
The thing about Nepal is: it’s a theme park. At least, that’s how it’s sold to you. The newcomer in Kathmandu is immediately presented with an exhaustingly long list of ...
Wading Rivers in Nepal
We left Kathmandu in a far more civilised manner than we had entered it, namely we were on a bus driven by a local driver, rather than having hitched a ...
Katmandu Travel Nepal - Hashish
One night in Katmandu, my friend Mark and I, weary after months of third-world travel, felt the need for a cozy bit of the homeland: we wanted to rent a ...
