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The vagaries of fate
In her last column, Lisa Choegyal takes us on the Trans-Siberian Railway during the Soviet days
Nepal’s tourism now has to re-start from zero
As Covid-19 wrecks the industry, a nostalgic look back at Boris Lissanevitch and his Royal Hotel
No lovelier spot than Kakani
The plot was gifted to the British envoy by the Ranas in the 19th century as a country retreat
Ghosts of Christmas past
Nepali, British and Indian aristocrats used to rub shoulders with ambassadors, writers, scientists and conservationists at Tiger Tops
John R Edwards, 72
Eclipsed by his dominant elder brother, JRE was the unsung hero of the early Tiger Tops
Gap yah gals in the jungle
Such was the allure of adventure in Chitwan, parents actually paid for their offspring to work at Tiger Tops
Recreating Tiger Tops in the tropics
The beginnings of Borneo Rainforest Lodge in Sabah followed the Chitwan model from Nepal
Pilgrimage to Copenhagen
… to track down the Indian-born son of American missionaries who first built Tiger Tops in Chitwan
Sun striped shadows
Close encounters of a wild kind in Chitwan
Survival survivors
Through their enthusiastic lenses, nature film-makers introduced Nepal to a global audience
Adventurers in a vanishing land
The world, and Nepal, have changed since the days of Wilfred Thesiger and Freya Stark