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Kathmandu. The very name conjures up images of snow-covered peaks, snake charmers and mountaineers, holy men and sacred cows. Perhaps no other city on earth has seemed so mysterious. This city, capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, lies in a wide valley hidden behind a wall of nearly impenetrable mountains. Today, winging into Kathmandu on an international flight, the Mahabhaharat Range slides by below as the Himalayas shimmer in the distance. The jumbled landscape doesn't give the appearance that it could ever provide a level surface large enough to land a Boeing or Airbus. Then, as the peaks below grow uncomfortably close to the belly of the plane, mountainsides give way to gentler slopes and terraced hillsides, which are dun-colored in the post-monsoon months favored by trekkers. Brick houses dot the fields of a seemingly idyllic rural setting. Suddenly the city comes into view--uniformly brown and low-rise, it sprawls across the valley floor. There's a quick glimpse of a huge white hemisphere in the distance, and suddenly the plane is on the runway. The passengers breathe a communal sigh of relief for having safely landed amid the Himalayan peaks. The excitement is palpable as passengers wait to deplane. Through the door lies Kathmandu, city of mystery, the most exotic city in Asia. Read More

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Hotels

Hotel Yak & Yeti

Durbar Marg
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Hotel Class: 2 class stars

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Lazimpat
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Distance: 0.5 mi.
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Hotel Class: 3 class stars

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Hyatt Regency Kathmandu

PO Box 9609, Taragon, Boudha
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Distance: 0.8 mi.
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Boudhanath

Kathmandu, Nepal

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Across the city from Swayambunath, on the east side of Kathmandu, stands Boudhanath, the... Read More

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Pashupatinath

Kathmandu, Nepal

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On the east side of Kathmandu flows the Bagmati River, which is considered sacred by Nepalis. On... Read More

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Swayambunath Stupa

Kathmandu, Nepal

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Perched atop a forested hill on the western edge of the Kathmandu Valley, Swayambunath Stupa is... Read More

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Kathmandu Tribhuvan Airport 2.1 map
Allahabad Bamrauli Airport 272.2 map
Lucknow Amausi Airport 280.4 map

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    When freeskier Kit DesLauriers dropped in at 29,035 feet on Mount Everest in October, she became the first person to ski off the Seven Summits. Kit, her husband, Rob, and photographer JIMMY CHIN—whose exclusive images appear here—also became the first Americans to ski from the top of the world's tallest mountain. Outside correspondent DAVE HAHN, who guided the climb, reports on the epic descent.
  • Over the Top
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    David Sharp's lonely death on Mount Everest revived the old, raging debates about personal ethics and the wisdom of commercially guided climbing. But whatever went right and wrong in 2006, the bottom line remains: You challenge this peak at your own risk, because its punishments are swift, terrible, and blind.
  • Kingdoms in the Air
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    This is the story of a man from the West who came seeking the heart of the East. In 1991, photographer Thomas Laird became the first foreigner to live in Nepal's kingdom of MUSTANG as the forbidden Shangri-la prepared to open its borders to trekkers and trade. But when the prodigal son returned to see what ten years of the West had done to his beloved East, he found that everything—and nothing—had changed.
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