Tag: #Manang
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Trailing off in Manang
Trekking routes are being replaced by roads along the Annapurna Circuit, affecting local livelihoods
Back to Manang after 43 years
Using oxen to plough a field in 1979 and in 2010 (right). All photos: ZDENĚK THOMA AND TOMÁŠ BERÁNEKThe Prague Spring democracy uprising had…
More rain and snow forecast for Nepal
Satellite radar image showing position of the heaviest rainfall on Thursday morning. The system is now moving north, and will bring more rain to…
Giving yarsagumba a chance for regrowth
A typical landscape of yarsa, alpine meadow above treeline and below snowline. Pictured here is Manang’s Chuli Peak. All photos: ACHYUT TIWARIA…
A parliamentarian’s apple grove
https://youtu.be/etwE_snoB7AWhile Nepal’s Members of Parliament are squabbling among themselves chasing contracts and lobbying for ministerships…
Himalayan floods a sign of worse to come
Nepal’s trans-Himalayan district of Manang is located in the rain-shadow, and is a high altitude desert. Its average annual rainfall is barely…
Rain ends 4-month Nepal drought
Photos: RSSAfter suffering a four-month drought since the end of the monsoon last year, a westerly front finally dumped snow in the higher…
Wildfires ravage Nepal mountains
The fire in Manang started on 26 November and is still raging as seen in these pictures taken on Tuesday. Photos: NABIN LAMICHHANE/RSSA three…
Hiking in the Himalaya during Covid-19?
Binod Gurung outside Yeti Hotel in Manang which has not seen a single guest since March.And empty trail in Manang on Thursday at a time when it…
Forests replace glaciers in the Himalaya
[caption id="attachment54080" align="alignnone" width="900"] Panoramic view of Manang Village and the Gangapurna and Annapurna III Glaciers that…
New High Way to Dolpo
... is not good news for trekkers
The ABCs of a winter trek in Nepal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcaWYJSU5y4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2Qnf8iXarhb9omsTAfo3FB-fITc8Z9i8Snve1T9mfrPCF29p5KMvgUgEver since…
Municipalities want to manage Annapurna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Who9k1JGrgsEver since it was launched in 1984 the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) has been a…