A Descriptive Catalogue of the Hodgson Collection

"Brian Houghton Hodgson lived in Kathmandu from 1820 to 1843 and in Darjeeling from 1845 to 1858. He was the British Resident in Nepal for ten of these years, from 1833 to 1843. During his time in Nepal and India, he amassed a huge collection of documents on multifarious subjects in a wide variety of languages. The bulk of the Hodgson Collection has been preserved in over 100 bound volumes, rolls and boxes in the British Library in London for nearly 150 years."

http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/hodgson/

The Valley Guesthouse

"We are happy to welcome many guests from all over the world and share the warm atmosphere of Boudha. With our Nepali/Dutch combination we give you the warm Nepali hospitality with a Western look."

http://www.thevalleyguesthouse.com/The%20Valley%20Guesthouse.htm

You Were Fortunate - Tsum Valley

"This short 2 min video is a promotional video for Tsum Welfare Committees(TWC), to help support Tsum School Project. TWC is NGO working only for the benefit of Tsum community (Tibetan ethnic community far north of Gorkha district,Nepal) in Education, Health and Employment."

http://nepal.tv/watch/you-were-fortunate


http://www.tsumvalley.org/


http://www.tsumvalley.org/tusm-map.php

The Lost Caves of Tibet - 1/5 Kingdom of Mustang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f5iWG0bRFU

International Buddhist Academy

"The IBA, in the heart of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley, provides an ideal "retreat" atmosphere for Buddhist study, contemplation and meditation. Our Academy teaches the key Classic Indian Buddhist treatises which are studied by all Mahayana and Tibetan traditions. The IBA program is balanced between studies in both Philosophy theory and practice-oriented texts which show how to implement it in our lives, “on and off the cushion”. We also offer Tibetan Language courses at several levels, for interested students from all over the world."

http://www.sakyaiba.edu.np

High resolution satellite images of the highway from Western Tibet to Kathmandu

"High resolution satellite images of the highway who leads from Yecheng over Western Tibet to Kathmandu. It gives the best impression of the phantastic landscape and you get the highest accuracy. So I decided to plot the road, the most important towns and the major passes on the Landsat7 satellite images. 1 Pixel on the Images is equivalent to about 30m."

http://www.raize.ch/Reisen/velo-eurasien/satellite-images.htm

Electrical Plug/Outlet and Voltage Information for Nepal

"For the most part, electrical sockets (outlets) in Nepal are one of two types: the "Type D" Indian 5 amp BS-546 or the European CEE 7/16 Europlug. The Indian socket is actually an old British standard. The "Type D" Indian plug and socket is not to be confused with the "Type M" South African plug and socket. In pictures, they look very similar, but the South African type is much larger than the Indian type, and they are physically incompatible. If your appliance's plug doesn't match the shape of these sockets, you will need a travel plug adapter in order to plug in. Travel plug adapters simply change the shape of your appliance's plug to match whatever type of socket you need to plug into. If it's crucial to be able to plug in no matter what, bring an adapter for both types."

http://www.adaptelec.com/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&products_id=118

Embassy of Nepal - London

"Nepal is the Himalayan country known as the land of the Mt. Everest and the birthplace of Lord Buddha. The country is situated in South Asia, bordered on the north by People's Republic of China and on the south, west and east by the Republic of India."

http://www.nepembassy.org.uk/

Gurkha's taste of Nepal in Brecon

"Gurkha soldiers have been a popular part of the Powys community of Brecon for more than three decades.

The Gurkha company based at the local army camp is so popular the soldiers have been made honorary citizens of the town and each year hundreds of people gather to watch their colourful parade as they march through the streets.

But after they finish their careers in the army, many are reluctant to return to Nepal, with few opportunities and little chance of work.

However, one ex-soldier has made his life in Wales by setting up a much needed and popular business in the town. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8425461.stm

Nepal Hails ‘Goddess’ From ‘Absolutely Fabulous’

"On Sunday in Nepal, Joanna Lumley, the actress who starred in “Absolutely Fabulous,” was mobbed at the airport in Katmandu, not by fans of the sitcom but by Gurkhas, the Nepalese fighters whose cause she has championed in Britain. Gurkhas have served in the British Army for nearly two centuries, but they were not allowed to retire to Britain until Ms. Lumley helped shame the British government into changing its policy two months ago."

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/nepal-hails-absolutely-fabulous-star-as-a-goddess/

in British actress Joanna Lumley holds a Gurhka Khukri knife in Parliament Square, London

"Actress Joanna Lumley (2nd L) holds a Gurkha Khukri knife as she celebrates with the leader of the opposition Conservative Party, David Cameron (not pictured), and leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg (3rd R), in Parliament Square, April 29, 2009. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty"

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090429/img/ppl-actress-joanna-lumley-2-0605360122d9.html


"Joanna Lumley can even make the Lib Dems look sexy"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6201246.ece

"Joanna's dad and a very British hero called Pun: Why Major Lumley would be 'overwhelmed with shame' at the British Government's treatment of the Gurkhas"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1057401/Joannas-dad-British-hero-called-Pun-Why-Major-Lumley-overwhelmed-shame-British-Governments-treatment-Gurkhas.html

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Zhangmu: The Tibet-Nepal Border

"Zhangmu, known as Dram in Tibetan and Khasa in Nepali, is an interesting town sitting along the Tibet-Nepal border about 750kms southeast of Lhasa. Unlike most of Tibet, Zhangmu sits only at 2250m/ 7380 feet and has a very humid, almost tropical climate. From the Thong La mountain pass at 5050m/16,570 feet, it is all downhill to Zhangmu. From the high pass to Zhangmu is 95kms/60 miles of winding road with more hairpin turns that you can count. The elevation drop of nearly 2800m/9184 feet is quite noticeable. You go from the frozen, barren, desolate Tibetan Plateau to the sub-tropics of Nepal in a very short time. It is quite amazing and can't be fully explained unless you see it for yourself. As you get closer to Zhangmu, the scenery changes drastically. Forests and dense vegetation appear as do numerous waterfalls that form from melting snow from the nearby Himalaya mountains. During the rainy summer season, the road can be quite rough and muddy to Zhangmu and the road closes periodically due to rock and mudslides. "

http://kekexili.typepad.com/life_on_the_tibetan_plate/2009/03/zhangmu-the-tibetnepal-border.html

Double Dorje Restaurant

A great place to eat ...

"Run by Tibetans Double Dorje Restaurant is popular with backpackers and the local dharma crowd. They offer Western food and Tibetan special food, sometimes it might take more to bring the food. It is popular for butter tea and roasted barley meal."

http://www.trekking-world.com/double-dorje-restaurant

Happy Valley Guest House Kathmandu

Maybe we'll go there again ...

Reviews:

"This is a great place to stay. It is quiet, clean and safe. The location is perfect -- in a Tibetan neighborhood just a couple of blocks from the Stupa. Staying at the guest house gives you an opportunity to visit the Stupa at dusk when the neighborhood comes alive, after the tourist buses have gone back to Katmandu."


http://www.travelpod.com/hotel/Happy_Valley_Guest_House-Kathmandu.html


http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g293890-d316850-r4717826-The_Valley_Guesthouse-Kathmandu.html

Self-Appeared image of Tara

"During the last 35 years people around Pharping in the southern part of the Kathmandu Valley have noticed that an area of a cliff began to slowly bulge out. It began to look more and more like Tara, the female buddha. At the same time the form of Ganesh also appeared. The place is just below the Asura Cave, sacred to followers of Padmasambhava.
I have seen it many times over the years, and can attest that it has gradually become more distinct."

http://blazing-splendor.blogspot.com/2008/12/during-last-35-years-people-around.html

Kintner's footage of Nepal, 1957 CE

"The home movies of Watson Kintner (1890–1979), shot on 16mm film over several decades, were archived at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, and have now made their way to archive.org. Kintner's engineering-related globetrotting brought him to Nepal just a few years after its doors opened to the outside world. It was a place which had barely changed since Lévi, Sāṅkṛtyāyana and Tucci first set foot there earlier in the 20th century (Tucci continued to visit throughout the 1950s); and which even then was much as Hodgson, Oldfield and Bendall had known it. When these films were taken, Nepal was still relatively isolated, and had only recently begun to build an electricity and telecommunications infrastructure. David Snellgrove — who also shot movies during his visit (archived at the Institute for Buddhist Studies, Tring) — wrote in his book, published in the same year, that key trade routes in Nepal would "never" be resurfaced as "motorable roads". (A few years later, they were.)"

http://jinajik.blogspot.com/2008/12/kintners-footage-of-nepal-1957-ce.html

Himalaya

"Himalaya (formerly known as The Himalayan Research Bulletin--HRB) is the journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS). This is HIMALAYA's cyber home and ANHS' online resource center. The website provides access to our journal, information about the activities and outreach of ANHS and HIMALAYA, and a variety of routes to further information on the people and places of Highest Asia. Welcome! "

http://www.himalayan.pdx.edu/

Early 19th Century Nepal

http://www.nepalitimes.com/cms/ib/data/1/44/11022.jpg

Nepal +27° 43' 17.24", +85° 21' 42.54"

Boudha Chhorten via Google