Guide to Nepal Trek and Tour Adventures in the Himalayas

       In Nepal there are two species of these attractive flowering trees which may be seen along some of the main highways, such as between mugling Bazaar and pokhara on the way to Gorkha and along the Chinese Road east of Dhulikhel. They too have various uses and are often planted around villages.                Koiralo   The flowers are sold in markets for making cbutney or as a vegetable    Himalayan Smile Treks and Adventures Pvt. Ltd. Email: sales@himalayastrek.com|info@himalayastrek.com Seven Corner Road | Thamel | G.P.O.Box No.13216 | Kathmandu | Nepal Tel: 977-1-4700386 | 977-1-4700446 | Fax: 977-1-4701336 Skype: himalayan.smile.treks Web: www.himalayastrek.com | www.himalayansmiletrek.com

A delegation of Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) led by Senior Vice President Tashi Lakpa Sherpa met Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya at the latter's office in Singhadurbar on November 18. At the meeting, the TAAN delegation held discussions with Secretary Thapaliya, who is also the chairperson of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), on different issues related to implementation of Trekkers Information Management System (TIMS). The delegation also requested Secretary Thapaliya to do the needful for releasing TAAN's share from TIMS fund from NTB at the earliest. TAAN, SAMARTH-NMDP hold introduction meet The new executive committee of Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) held an introduction meeting with officials of SAMARTH-NMDP in Lalitpur on November 18. Welcoming the new executive committee, Woulter Schalken, tourism portfolio manager of SAMARTH-NMDP, made a presentation on SAMARTH-NM...

Tilicho as the great ice lake and this team walked across it. The lake sits at the foot of the extensive glaciers system of the Great Barrier, the highest point of which is Annapurna Tilicho peak. The glaciers terminate in a vertical wall of ice 70m to 75 m high that forms the west shore of the lake. When it’s warm, small icebergs calve off and float around the serene waters. The trails along the shore of both sides of the lake that are shown on most maps are figments of the are imagination of an overzealous cartographer it’s possible to get around the west side, but this is a tricky route across a heavily crevassed glacier with the threat of avalanches. The east- shore trail is stopped dead by a huge cliff that extends almost vertically into the waters of the lake. Himalayan Smile Treks and Adventures Pvt. Ltd. Email: sales@himalayastrek.com|info@himalayastrek.com Seven Corner Road | Thamel | G.P.O.Box No.13216 | Kathmandu | Nepal Tel: 977-1-4700386 | 977-1-...