Nepal travel blog
The Longest Shortcut to Bhaktapur: Dust, Gods, and Sarabanda
The morning began with misplaced optimism. After nine days of gravitational karma and asphalt roulette, you’d think we’d have learned something. But no — we gathered at the reception, our luggage once again carted off like offerings to the gods of broken suspension systems, and boarded the bus with hope. Foolish, vulnerable, Italianate [...]
Nepal on the Edge: Bandipur and a Post-Earthquake Nation
The road to Bandipur, they said, would be newly paved. Smooth. Hopeful, even. A glimmer of progress slicing through the Himalayan foothills like a promise. They didn’t say that progress in Nepal is more of a conceptual aspiration than a practical reality. Still, with our usual optimism — and the intestinal fortitude that only a 6:30 a.m. [...]