After months of lazy reading, I finally managed to make it to the final page of The Two-Year Mountain, a book that I bought at Kinokuniya of KLCC for RM53.95. To tell the truth, I find it quite difficult for me to stay reading – not only this book but other books too – and my mind will start going to somewhere else if I’ve been on a book for more than, say, 15 minutes. In fact the only time…
I’m so shocked and saddened by what happened to Nepal – which is for me one of the most amazing countries that I’ve ever been to. The powerful earth-quake of 7.8 magnitude with the epicenter located somewhere between Lamjung and Gorkha District rippled through most of Nepal and part of India and even China. Up until now, the estimated number of casualties had shot up to almost 4000 people with so many others left injured, many more are homeless and…
Pokhara is like the stepping point to go to some of the most popular hiking destinations in Nepal such as Annapurna Base Camp and Poon Hill. Of course we were heading there when we had our very first glimpse of the Himalayas on our flight from Kathmandu. It is a quite a sight to be seen from a flight with mountains and terraces dominate much of the landscape. We didn’t get to explore Pokhara when we arrived there because of…