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David Beckham, Holiday to Nepal

Becks on holiday in Nepal

Becks on holiday in Nepal

David Beckham visited Nepal today and played football in Bhaktapur, an old town 10 miles?from Kathmandu.?Despite being a remote part of the world,?some young people did recognise the name?and the kids loved playing football with him.?David’s visit to Nepal, was watched by those on holiday to Nepal?too, much to their delight.

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Our 2015 journey

Holiday to Nepal

Holiday to Nepal

After savouring the delights of the jungle, we have now moved on, via the?old Tibetan trading post of Bandipur and to Pokhara – up in the Annapurna region of the Himalaya. Those willing from our group went on a half day trek today into the lower Himalaya. Tomorrow, on our holiday to Nepal, an adventurous few from our group will be paragliding on the warm thermals over the Himalaya – whilst others will be shopping, dinning, enjoying spas or meditating. The weather is pleasantly warm here in Pokhara!

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73 seconds that changed everything

An old man sits in one of?Kathmandu’s ancient squares trying to sell Nepalese flags. Yet no one is coming.

An elderly man waits

An elderly man waits

Behind him, among the crowds of colourfully dressed people; the rickshaw drivers, traders bent heavy carrying loads, monks and religious devotees, incense and bells; a set of steps lead upwards to what is known, rather crudely, as the ?Hippy temple.? This, in the 1960?s, marked the end of the Hippy Trail and on the temple?s upper reaches, flaxen haired foreigners would have sat smoking ganja. Yet today the steps lead?to nothing. A earthquake lasting just seventy three seconds took it away.? The steps look upwards?to Kathmandu?s clear blue sky.

However, the overwhelming number of temples, not just here but across Nepal, still remain. This beautiful palace square, like others in the neighbouring UNESCO city of Patan for example, have remained largely intact. Walking through, is still the same as ever; an experience as if stepping back in time. The ancient pagoda?architecture, in this?country cut off from the rest of the world until the late 1950?s, remains. Coming here now, without many tourists, you can be forgiven for feeling like a Victorian explorer ? perhaps there has never been a better time to visit.

There has been devastation in areas. The earthquake?s epicentre was 80kms from Kathmandu. Villages have seen awful damage as well as the city of Bhaktapur. The earthquake has struck four out of Nepal’s fourteen districts, but the world?s press has been less discriminate. Its generalistic approach suggesting earthquake has conquered all of Nepal has caused even more damage to its tourist industry. Traveller areas such as the jungle in Chitwan, Lumbini the birthplace of the Bhudda and the lakeside town Pokhara have seen no damage at all.?A majority of ancient monuments are intact, roads are clear; hotels, restaurants open, but few travellers?are coming.

Most traveller services in the country such as hotels, transport,?restaurants and excursions?are run by small family businesses, not multinational chains. For them, hardly damaged by the?earthquake, the generalistic approach of the world?s press could not have been more devastating. And today the press shows little interest in Nepal. We contacted the travel editors of the Guardian and Telegraph for example, but neither expressed interest.

The truth is that visitors who come here now will have a unique experience.

The press has devastated the tourist industry

The press has devastated the tourist industry

In some areas they’ll see evidence of earthquake damage, not on a television screen but?for themselves;?something?few?witness in a?lifetime. This is a very friendly?country too,?whose citizens still address each other as ?brother or sister.?? In?the aftermath of the earthquake not one single?shop?was looted, this tells you something about the decency of the people of Nepal. Pioneering travellers?coming today?can expect a terrific welcome.

Yet for now the old man still sits in Kathmandu square trying to sell his flags. The sun shines, the ancient architecture stands majestic around him. Yet few visitors are coming.

Angel Holidays will be taking?a group to Nepal?this October to give them?this unique experience of Nepal. By visiting you will also be helping Nepal’s tourist industry. If you might like to join the adventure; visiting?ancient cities, the jungle, the birthplace of the Buddha and staying Pokhara in full view of the Himalaya, please contact us.?To crown the trip, you’ll also have the chance to fly around Everest.

A special thanks

Angel Holidays would like to thank previous ?Angel travellers? who have given generously in time and money to help the people of Nepal. There?s been events such as marathons and garden parties to raise money, as well as generous donations. Your help has been delivered directly to those in need. We?d also like to thank the selfless work of Pabitra, our first organiser with Angel Holidays, who?s delivered blankets, medicine and shelters to remote villages from donations from Angel Travellers.

Thank you for your affection to Angel Holidays and to Nepal. ?For those booked on our October trip this year, and?for those thinking of coming,?a very warm welcome awaits. Angel Holidays.

Photos:

an old man selling flags in Kathmandu?s Durbar Sqaure.

Patan city three months after the earthquake

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New Tours with Angel Holidays

New Holiday

New Holiday

We’re excited to announce that Angel Holidays will be operating its first tour to Bangkok, Laos & Cambodia on 14th November this year (2015). We’ll be experiencing exciting cities, jungle river trips to some remote corners of the world, as well as the exotic – it’ll also be a lot of fun. ?As with all our Angel tours there’ll be free time to explore too. If you’d like to know more, already the trip is half subscribed, please contact us with your email address and we can send full information. Note too, our second exciting tour to Peru will take place in August 2016 and we’re developing a new trip into India’s Rajasthan (a desert state) for 2016; hopefully we might see you on one of our future adventures! This photo is a glimpse of one of our locations in Laos.

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New tours with Angel Holidays

New Holiday

New Holiday

We’re proud to announce that we’re now offering a new two week tour with Angel Holidays to Thailand,?Laos and Cambodia. The tour will take place this November 2015, if you might like to know more please email us via our site – it will be great to take you with us. Our exciting trip to Peru will also take place in August 2016 and another exotic tour is in development in the deserts of Rajasthan, India. We hope to see you.

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Holi – holiday to Nepal

Holiday to Nepal

Holiday to Nepal

In a few days Nepal will come alive with a celebration of Holi – known as the festival of colour: this celebrates the coming of Spring. Here is a picture of what it’s like, where a Sadhu (a holy man) participates – even the Sadhus in Nepal are a very friendly bunch – and like to laugh. Hindu calenders are Luna and Holi will coincide with the full moon. ?Coloured powders made from turmeric to tie dye – purples, yellows, oranges, blues and so on, are thrown over everything and everyone. Driving your motorbike through Kathmandu is a game where you ride as quickly and as irrationally as possible to avoid children throwing colour over you. They’ve got clever this year and set up road blocks where they wait excitedly around corners. ?Such are the delights of a holiday in Nepal.

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Holiday to Nepal – Valentines

Holiday to Nepal Valentine

Holiday to Nepal Valentine

No matter who you are friendly with, we’d like to wish you a very happy Valentines day from Nepal. We’d like to announce our new tours too. Firstly there’s the combined Bangkok/Laos & Cambodia adventure – the first one planned for November this year, as well as our second tour to Peru in August 2016. An inaugural trip to the desert state of Rajasthan?is planned in 2016 too. So please let us know if you might be interested in any of these. ?For those booked on our holiday to Nepal this October, get ready for a wonderful and very colourful trip! If you’re thinking of coming, why not take the plunge and follow in the footsteps of many of our enthralled previous travellers! Our holiday to Nepal is one of the most unique holidays you’ll experience.

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Nepal Holiday and happiness!

Holiday to Nepal

Holiday to Nepal

As many who?ve traveled with us to Nepal will know, on our tour we visit the birthplace of the Buddha, and in this?spiritual couple of days; we explore how to create more happiness in our lives ? regardless of any religion. We?ll be led by our lovely Buddhist monk on this part of the holiday which is fascinating.

The ?four noble truths? of Buddhism suggests that our attachment to desires can lead to unhappiness, but as you?ll probably find out, this doesn?t mean that you can?t enjoy desires ? even the simpler ones like desiring a cup of tea and then drinking it ? the key word is ?attachment?. ?If you?re attached to a desire this means that if you don?t satisfy it you?ll be unhappy. ?Perplexingly, it maybe useful to have many desires that you?re unattached to?and if you accomplish a small number of ?these, rejoice in them, the others: just let them go.

Also by attaching ourselves to a desire we hope to fulfill in the future, we can lead ourselves into a situation where we?re unhappy in the ?here & now? until we achieve this desire sometime in the future. ?It?s important to live in the ?now? take happiness from it and the meditative practice of ?mindfulness? is something that can help (you can ask about this on this part of the Nepal tour).

Perhaps too we need to create simpler desires in the first place that can be more easily attained and surpassed. We often see Asian people with less than ourselves who appear happy; Nepal has an abundance of these. Enjoying the many things we do have, rather than the things we don?t, also helps. ?Here?s a picture of our group on our previous holiday to Nepal. As you can see, ?a very happy bunch, whatever religion!

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Holiday to Nepal

Cycling on holiday in Nepal

Cycling on holiday in Nepal

Bring me sunshine! Whilst we grin and bear the wind and rain, here is a picture from our holiday to Nepal last October. ?Here some of the group are whizzing by on old Nepalese bicycles as they tour the birthplace of the Buddha. It’s warm and sunny and the exercise was good after a guided meditation under a sacred tree. That same night the group stayed in a monastery – after sitting in the village with a cold beer . I hope this brings back warm memories of your holiday to Nepal.

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Holiday to Nepal, on the radio

On the radio....

On the radio….

Our holiday to Nepal has been featured quite extensively on British radio with a lovely interview with one of our guests from a?previous trip. Chris came all the way from Canada to join us for her holiday to Nepal. ?Here she talks about each aspect of the trip and some of her highlights; from flying over Everest to riding elephants in the jungle.

There’s Nepalese music too which is both beautiful and haunting. For those who traveled with us previously on a holiday to Nepal this will hopefully bring back some wonderful memories and also whet the appetite of those coming on holiday in 2015. ?Why not ‘cut & paste’ the link and download it to your MP3 or PC? ?Please go to the ‘what our customers say’ page (click the link above) on this site to download it. We hope you enjoy it.

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