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| The Authors | p. 6 |
| This Book | p. 7 |
| Foreword | p. 8 |
| Best of Nepal | p. 8 |
| Introduction | p. 9 |
| Facts About Nepal | p. 11 |
| History | p. 11 |
| Geography | p. 16 |
| Geology | p. 17 |
| Climate | p. 18 |
| Ecology & Environment | p. 18 |
| Flora | p. 19 |
| Fauna | p. 19 |
| National Parks & Conservation Areas | p. 22 |
| Government & Politics | p. 22 |
| Economy | p. 24 |
| Population & People | p. 26 |
| Education | p. 29 |
| Arts | p. 32 |
| Society | p. 34 |
| Religion | p. 35 |
| Gods of Nepal | p. 38 |
| Facts for the Visitor | p. 44 |
| Suggested Itineraries | p. 44 |
| Planning | p. 44 |
| Tourist Offices | p. 46 |
| Visas & Documents | p. 46 |
| Embassies & Consulates | p. 47 |
| Customs | p. 49 |
| Money | p. 50 |
| Post & Communications | p. 52 |
| Digital Resources | p. 53 |
| Books | p. 53 |
| Films | p. 56 |
| Newspapers & Magazines | p. 57 |
| Radio & TV | p. 57 |
| Photography & Video | p. 57 |
| Time | p. 58 |
| Electricity | p. 58 |
| Laundry | p. 58 |
| Toilets | p. 58 |
| Health | p. 59 |
| Women Travellers | p. 64 |
| Gay & Lesbian Travellers | p. 65 |
| Disabled Travellers | p. 65 |
| Senior Travellers | p. 65 |
| Travel With Children | p. 65 |
| Dangers & Annoyances | p. 66 |
| Legal Matters | p. 68 |
| Business Hours | p. 68 |
| Public Holidays | p. 68 |
| Activities | p. 68 |
| Responsible Tourism | p. 69 |
| Courses | p. 76 |
| Work | p. 77 |
| Accommodation | p. 78 |
| Food & Drinks | p. 79 |
| Festivals of Nepal | p. 81 |
| Entertainment | p. 92 |
| Shopping | p. 92 |
| Getting There & Away | p. 95 |
| Air | p. 95 |
| Land | p. 97 |
| Getting Around | p. 101 |
| Air | p. 101 |
| Bus | p. 102 |
| Train | p. 103 |
| Car & Motorcycle | p. 103 |
| Bicycle | p. 104 |
| Hitching | p. 104 |
| Local Transport | p. 104 |
| Organised Tours | p. 104 |
| Kathmandu | p. 105 |
| History | p. 105 |
| Orientation | p. 105 |
| Information | p. 109 |
| Three Goddesses Temples | p. 112 |
| Mahakala Temple | p. 112 |
| Durbar Square (Kathmandu) | p. 113 |
| Bhimsen Tower | p. 123 |
| Pachali Bhairab & the Southern Ghats | p. 123 |
| Activities | p. 123 |
| Walking Tours | p. 125 |
| Places to Stay | p. 135 |
| Places to Eat | p. 147 |
| Entertainment | p. 153 |
| Shopping | p. 154 |
| Getting There & Away | p. 156 |
| Getting Around | p. 157 |
| Around the Kathmandu Valley | p. 161 |
| History | p. 161 |
| Getting Around | p. 163 |
| Around Kathmandu | p. 164 |
| Swayambhunath | p. 164 |
| Around Swayambhunath | p. 167 |
| Pashupatinath | p. 167 |
| Chabahil | p. 170 |
| Bodhnath (Boudha) | p. 170 |
| Around Bodhnath | p. 174 |
| Sundarijal | p. 175 |
| Balaju | p. 176 |
| Nagarjun Forest Reserve | p. 176 |
| Dhum Varahi Shrine | p. 176 |
| Budhanilkantha | p. 177 |
| Patan | p. 178 |
| Orientation & Information | p. 178 |
| North of Durbar Square | p. 178 |
| South of Durbar Square | p. 179 |
| Durbar Square (Patan) | p. 180 |
| Haka Bahal | p. 188 |
| Zoo | p. 188 |
| Places to Stay | p. 188 |
| Places to Eat | p. 189 |
| Shopping | p. 189 |
| Getting There & Away | p. 190 |
| Bhaktapur | p. 191 |
| Orientation | p. 191 |
| Information | p. 191 |
| The Western Gates to Tachupal Tole | p. 191 |
| Tachupal Tole | p. 194 |
| Backstreets Walking Tour | p. 194 |
| Bhaktapur Squares | p. 196 |
| Suriya Binayak Temple | p. 201 |
| Places to Stay | p. 202 |
| Places to Eat | p. 203 |
| Shopping | p. 203 |
| Getting There & Away | p. 204 |
| Around Bhaktapur | p. 204 |
| The Eastern Valley | p. 207 |
| Sankhu | p. 207 |
| Around Sankhu | p. 207 |
| Nagarkot | p. 208 |
| Hikes From Nagarkot | p. 210 |
| Banepa | p. 211 |
| Around Banepa | p. 212 |
| Dhulikhel | p. 212 |
| Dhulikhel to Namobuddha | p. 214 |
| Panauti | p. 215 |
| Around Panauti | p. 216 |
| The Southern Valley | p. 217 |
| Kirtipur | p. 217 |
| Kirtipur to Chobar | p. 218 |
| Chobar | p. 218 |
| Chobar Gorge | p. 219 |
| Pharping | p. 219 |
| Around Pharping | p. 220 |
| Bungamati | p. 221 |
| Chapagaon | p. 223 |
| Around Chapagaon | p. 223 |
| Godavari | p. 223 |
| Around Godavari | p. 224 |
| Beyond The Kathmandu Valley | p. 225 |
| Arniko Highway Beyond Dhulikhel | p. 225 |
| The Road to Langtang | p. 227 |
| Kathmandu To Pokhara | p. 229 |
| Kathmandu to Naubise | p. 229 |
| Naubise to Mugling | p. 230 |
| Mugling | p. 231 |
| Mugling to Abu Khaireni | p. 231 |
| Gorkha | p. 232 |
| Dumre | p. 233 |
| Bandipur | p. 234 |
| Dumre to Pokhara | p. 236 |
| Pokhara | p. 237 |
| Orientation | p. 237 |
| Information | p. 239 |
| Phewa Tal | p. 239 |
| Mountains | p. 240 |
| Temples | p. 241 |
| Museums | p. 241 |
| Seti River | p. 241 |
| Devi Falls | p. 242 |
| Tibetan Settlements & Monastery | p. 242 |
| Activities | p. 242 |
| Places to Stay | p. 243 |
| Places to Eat | p. 249 |
| Entertainment | p. 251 |
| Shopping | p. 251 |
| Getting There & Away | p. 251 |
| Getting Around | p. 253 |
| Around Pokhara | p. 253 |
| Sarangkot | p. 253 |
| Kahun Danda | p. 254 |
| Mahendra Gufa & Bat Cave | p. 254 |
| Rupa Tal & Begnas Tal | p. 255 |
| Short Treks Around Pokhara | p. 255 |
| The Teral & Mahabharat Range | p. 257 |
| History | p. 258 |
| Information | p. 259 |
| Getting There & Away | p. 259 |
| Getting Around | p. 260 |
| Royal Chitwan National Park | p. 260 |
| Geography | p. 263 |
| Flora & Fauna | p. 264 |
| Information | p. 265 |
| Places to Stay | p. 265 |
| Sauraha | p. 267 |
| Getting There & Away | p. 272 |
| Western Terai & Mahabharat Range | p. 272 |
| Butwal | p. 272 |
| Sunauli & Bhairawa | p. 273 |
| Lumbini | p. 275 |
| Taulihawa & Tilaurakot | p. 279 |
| Tansen (Palpa) | p. 280 |
| Around Tansen | p. 282 |
| Nepalganj | p. 282 |
| Royal Bardia National Park | p. 284 |
| Chisopani | p. 287 |
| Royal Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve | p. 287 |
| Mahendranagar | p. 287 |
| Eastern Terai & Mahabharat Range | p. 288 |
| Narayanghat & Bharatpur | p. 288 |
| Devghat | p. 290 |
| Daman | p. 290 |
| Hetauda | p. 291 |
| Tadi Bazaar | p. 292 |
| Birganj | p. 292 |
| Janakpur | p. 293 |
| Around Janakpur | p. 297 |
| Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve | p. 298 |
| Itahari | p. 300 |
| Dharan Bazaar | p. 300 |
| Dhankuta | p. 301 |
| Hile | p. 301 |
| Biratnagar | p. 302 |
| Birtamod | p. 303 |
| Ilam | p. 303 |
| Kakarbhitta | p. 304 |
| Trekking | p. 306 |
| Preparations | p. 306 |
| Planning | p. 306 |
| Documents & Fees | p. 313 |
| Responsible Trekking | p. 313 |
| Useful Organisations | p. 314 |
| Health | p. 314 |
| Trekking Safely | p. 315 |
| Treks | p. 316 |
| Routines & Conditions | p. 316 |
| Choosing a Trek | p. 317 |
| Everest Base Camp Trek | p. 317 |
| Helambu Trek | p. 322 |
| Langtang Trek | p. 324 |
| Langtang Trek to Helambu Trek Crossings | p. 328 |
| Jomsom Trek | p. 328 |
| Annapurna Circuit Trek | p. 332 |
| Annapurna Sanctuary Trek | p. 336 |
| Other Treks | p. 337 |
| Mountaineering in the Himalaya | p. 338 |
| Mountain Biking | p. 342 |
| Transporting Your Bicycle | p. 342 |
| Equipment | p. 343 |
| Road Conditions | p. 343 |
| Trail Etiquette | p. 344 |
| Organised Tours | p. 344 |
| Touring Routes | p. 345 |
| Rafting & Kayaking | p. 350 |
| Planning | p. 350 |
| Safety | p. 351 |
| Organised Tours | p. 353 |
| Choosing A River | p. 354 |
| River Routes | p. 355 |
| Language | p. 359 |
| Glossary | p. 363 |
| Thanks | p. 368 |
| Index | p. 377 |
| Text | p. 377 |
| Boxed Text | p. 383 |
| Map Legend | |
| Metric Conversion | |
| Maps | |
| Facts About Nepal | |
| Physiographic Regions | p. 17 |
| Getting Around | |
| Nepal Air Fares | p. 101 |
| Kathmandu | |
| Kathmandu | p. 106 |
| Central Kathmandu | p. 108 |
| Durbar Square (Kathmandu) | p. 114 |
| p. 126 | |
| p. 129 | |
| p. 132 | |
| Greater Thamel | p. 136 |
| Freak Street (Jochne) | p. 141 |
| Durbar Marg | p. 145 |
| Around Kathmandu Valley | |
| Kathmandu Valley | p. 162 |
| Swayambhunath | p. 165 |
| Pashupatinath | p. 167 |
| Bodhnath (Boudha) | p. 170 |
| Gokarna Mahadev Temple | p. 174 |
| Durbar Square (Patan) | p. 181 |
| Patan | p. 186 |
| Bhaktapur | p. 192 |
| Tachupal Tole | p. 195 |
| Durbar Square & Taumadhi Tole | p. 197 |
| Changu Narayan Temple | p. 205 |
| Nagarkot | p. 208 |
| Dhulikhel & Around | p. 213 |
| Kathmandu to Pokhara | |
| Kathmandu to Pokhara | p. 230 |
| Gorkha | p. 233 |
| Bandipur | p. 234 |
| Pokhara | |
| Pokhara | p. 238 |
| Pokhara Damside | p. 243 |
| Pokhara Lakeside | p. 245 |
| Around Pokhara | p. 254 |
| The Terai & the Mahabharat Region | |
| Western Terai | p. 258 |
| Eastern Terai | p. 260 |
| Royal Chitwan National Park | p. 262 |
| Sauraha | p. 268 |
| Sunauli & Bhairawa | p. 274 |
| Lumbini | p. 276 |
| Tansen (Palpa) | p. 280 |
| Nepalganj | p. 283 |
| Royal Bardia National Park | p. 285 |
| Naranyanghat & Bharatpur | p. 289 |
| Birganj | p. 292 |
| Janakpur | p. 294 |
| Biratnagar | p. 302 |
| Kakarbhitta | p. 304 |
| Trekking | |
| Everest Base Camp Trek | p. 319 |
| Helambu & Langtang Treks | p. 326 |
| Annapurna Treks | p. 334 |
| Mountains of Nepal | p. 340 |
| Rafting & Kayaking | |
| Rivers of Nepal | p. 355 |
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