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"Not just taking pictures, but giving them back"

"Not just taking pictures, but giving them back"

Czech father and son photographers return to Manang with a before-and-after exhibition

Winter wonderland

Winter wonderland

There are many advantages of trekking the Khumbu in the low season

Text by KATY ELLIOTT

Call of the wild

Call of the wild

Heli-trekking adds a new horizon to mountain tourism

PADAM GHALE in DHAULAGIRI BASE CAMP

Everest by air

Everest by air

Welcome the new year by flying past the highest mountains in the world

MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA at 25,000FT

Head for the hills!

Head for the hills!

PICS: KIRAN PANDAY FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD: Tengboche monastery in the shadow of the mountains (above); a crimson sunset as seen from…

Get taken for a ride

Get taken for a ride

Kathmandu's microbuses are Kathmandu in a microcosm

PRANAYA SJB RANA

In search of the spirit

In search of the spirit

Some people raise the dead, others go along for the ride

BILLI BIERLING in SUSPA, DOLAKHA

Jewel of the west

Jewel of the west

ALL PICS: ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY There are only two ways to get to Rara-either take an expensive and dangerous air route, or walk for days up and…

ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY in RARA

Source to sea

Source to sea

Two Nepalis kayak from the Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal

ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY

KHUMBU MANDALA

KHUMBU MANDALA

A unique project in the Khumbu tries to turn treks into pilgrimages and benefit people outside the tourism loop

SARAH SUBBA and ANG RITA SHERPA

Nar Phu

Nar Phu

Off the beaten trek in Manang's hidden valleys into a flood

WANDA VIVEQUIN

Manang’s middle path

Manang’s middle path

With tourism growing, Manang is struggling to balance economic progress with cultural conservation

ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY in MANANG

Double traverse in the trans-Himalaya

Double traverse in the trans-Himalaya

Diary of a rainshadow trek across Thorung and Tilicho

STEPHEN J KEELING

Roller coaster rides on Nepal’s rivers

Roller coaster rides on Nepal’s rivers

The wild white waters of Himalayan rivers wait for riders

Across the hump

Across the hump

Tracing Princess Bhrikuti's journey from Kathmandu to Lhasa in an air-conditioned Sajha Yatayat bus

MARK TURIN in LHASA

Kanchenjunga and Makalu

Kanchenjunga and Makalu

This month is the 50th anniversary of the first ascents of the world's third and fifth highest mountains

ABHA ELI PHOBOO

"Get on the next flight to Jomsom"

"Get on the next flight to Jomsom"

Vinaya Singh-senior manager at Jomsom Mountain Resort since it started in 2000

Flying on empty

Flying on empty

When the tourism industry hits rock bottom, there is nowhere to go but up

AARTI BASNYAT in JOMSOM

Trekking in the time of terrorism

Trekking in the time of terrorism

The east is red with rhododendron and revolution

DAMBAR KRISHNA SHRESTHA in GUPHA POKHARI

It’s a jungle out there

It’s a jungle out there

A trekking guide recounts how he was robbed in broad daylight in Thamel

PURNA BAHADUR THAPA MAGAR

Close encounters in the Himalaya

Close encounters in the Himalaya

Trekking through Nepal's changing political landscape

LUBA SVRCINA in DOLAKHA

DARJEELING

DARJEELING

So far, and yet so close

AARTI BASNYAT in DARJEELING

Mustang in the monsoon

Mustang in the monsoon

Travel into the Himalayan rain shadow in the rainy season

SOPHIA PANDE

"Older than Nepal"

"Older than Nepal"

And some other unique selling points of a new tourist destination

THOMAS BELL IN RASUWA

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