What we Americans have come to call Caterpillar Fungus, is known by the Nepalese as Yarcha Gumba aka the Himalayan Viagra. The scientific name for...

While only producing less than 2% of the world’s silk, Nepal is starting to grow its sericulture (or keeping silk worms for silk production) by...

As the sun sank ever lower, and the roads became increasingly more dangerous, our jeep to Beni began to slip and slide up and down...

Nepal is a place that can be known for the diversity of its landscapes. There are areas of dense jungle, dry deserts, and hot plains....

Two little hands cup together as two bright eyes light up and look towards the obvious visitor. “Chocolate!?” Shaking his head, the white tourist replies...

80 kilometers. That’s all we had to travel. Let’s break that number down for a second. That’s just under fifty miles. Fifty miles is just...

  Pictured left is an object known in Nepal as a Karkula (Hindi: Urli). It is made of a special metal known as Tama. Though it originated...

Everyday we get the opportunity to experience this culture just a little bit more. This morning we literally stood knee deep in it. Alongside our...

While in Nepal there are plenty of different forms of transportation; consisting of buses, taxis, and tuktuks, carriages, and the occasional elephant! The most common, and cost...