Tailor Made Nepal

Nepal is so painfully beautiful and so mystical a country that nothing you have experienced before can prepare you for such an encounter.

From Mount Everest to Kathmandu's extraordinary temples, the National museum, which is probably the best place to begin one's voyage to Nepal to understand its complex history and patchwork culture, Nepal is not the "chasse gardée" of mountain climbers and over-aged hippies seeking spiritual enlightenment.

The Nepalese people are grounded in reality. "Parents are similar or equal to God" (Pitri devo bhava, matri devo bhava) say the Nepalese. They respect their elders, seek out their advice, and in so doing, recreate constantly the age-old link to their ancestors. They have a true appreciation for family life, for religion and culture and this is obvious in their daily life.

Situated between two giants, India and China, Nepal has had its share of different factions, discontent and political strife - "The god's name in the mouth, but in the pocket a knife" is but one of many proverbs which offer us glimpses into the social construct of this strange country.

Yet, India and China have brought so much to the making of Nepal, over centuries of trade, political and religious exchange. The population itself, (27 million) consists in over forty diverse ethnic and social groups, spread over different altitudes, and living incredibly varied urban or cultural lifestyles: whoever has reached certain villages, high up in the hills, where, eerily, villagers seem to live in the Stone Age, one suddenly longs for Kathmandu's stylish and colourful cafes.

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