Tag: #dolpo
Articles tagged with #dolpo
The fabric of society
An artist’s ode to the Dolpo way of life through texture, jewelry, plants
The human cost of Nepal’s yarsa gold rush
Climate change and overharvesting reduces earnings of villagers from a lucrative Himalayan fungus
The road less travelled in Dolpo
The view is divided about whether new motorable roads are good or bad for this isolated region
Time catching up with timeless Dolpo
Images of Dolpo taken 40 years apart show little change. But that is about to change.
Bridging the Andes and Himalaya with music
Chilean musicians find familiar music in the trans-Himalayan district of Dolpo in Nepal
Tsering Sumjok is all right
Tsering Sumjok Gurung with German plastic surgeon André Borsche (left) and Peter Hinze (right). Borsche had treated her childhood injury at the…
Nepal lashed by winter rain and snow
Manang. Photo: NABIN LAMICHHANE.Kathmandu Valley and the surrounding areas experienced rains from Tuesday night with moderate snowfall in…
Climate change is a disaster in the Nepal Himalaya
Floods, a declining yarsagumba crop and collapse of trekking combine to impoverish farmers in Nepal’s remotest district
Trekking to save Nepal's snow leopards
It is morning here at 4,000m, and an overnight blizzard has left everything white. All around us, the outlines of the mountains of Dolpo have…
It's yarsa-picking time
A holy valley in eastern Nepal prepares for the yarsa gumba harvesting season
New High Way to Dolpo
... is not good news for trekkers
Satisfying trekker appetite for adventure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZCkbAzZU4c&feature=youtu.beAn assortment of French cheeses, appetisers and wine sit atop a stately table…
Dazzling Dolpo
The other-worldly beauty of Phoksundo Lake at 3,660m. All photos: BHARAT BANDHU THAPAThe unprecedented blizzards this year in Dolpo and other…
Go take a hike
The Mardi Trek is so wild you don't want to brag about once it is over so it remains that wayPics: Sewa BhattaraiThe conundrum of writing about…
Dolpo’s Dorje Dolma
Photos: Duksangh SherpaDorje Dolma was ten when her mother detected a lump in her back. Her father was a Tibetan healer, and took her to…