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Mr. Smith Goes to Kathmandu: Is Nepal a Culinary Gold Mine?
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Mr Smith Goes to Kathmandu. Brian's thoughts and adventures in and around the country of Nepal. Past Photos of Nepal. Trekking Posts and Info. Friday, October 29, 2010. Is Nepal a Culinary Gold Mine? Experimenting with some gourds. Custard apple (technically a sugar apple), something I'd never eaten. Avocado salad with feta served with a balsamic-lime reduction. Rum spiced apples and Kashmiri pears in curd and cream, garnished with custard apples. Bread served with mango and cilantro butter. The one time...
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Mr. Smith Goes to Kathmandu: Harilo In the News Again
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Mr Smith Goes to Kathmandu. Brian's thoughts and adventures in and around the country of Nepal. Past Photos of Nepal. Trekking Posts and Info. Monday, September 27, 2010. Harilo In the News Again. Two new Nepali websites-and one old favorite. Both these sites share two important traits: they are both simple in design and rich in usefulness. Harilo, an online “shop-in-America” site, was reviewed in this paper back in April, but just in the past month or so has started to catch on(line). Ha...Another new s...
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Mr. Smith Goes to Kathmandu: The Big Monsoon Lie
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Mr Smith Goes to Kathmandu. Brian's thoughts and adventures in and around the country of Nepal. Past Photos of Nepal. Trekking Posts and Info. Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Big Monsoon Lie. A long habit of not thinking. A thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom.". Why is the trekking so bad during the monsoons? September to May. June through August are right out. Don't even consider it. View from Kyanjin Gompa. The clouds ...
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Mr. Smith Goes to Kathmandu: Trekking Posts and Info
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Mr Smith Goes to Kathmandu. Brian's thoughts and adventures in and around the country of Nepal. Past Photos of Nepal. Trekking Posts and Info. Trekking Posts and Info. Back From Base Camp; Why the Everest Region is the Definitive Trek in Nepal. The Long hard Slog: Jiri to Lukla. Everest Trek Part 1: Flights, Acclimatization, and Namche Bazaar. Everest Trek Part 2: The Gokyo Lakes. Everest Trek Part 3: Crossing the Ngozumpa Glacier. Everest Trek Part 4: To Base Camp and Back Again. Buying Gear in Kathmandu.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Kathmandu: Monsoon Trekking: Solukhumbu
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Mr Smith Goes to Kathmandu. Brian's thoughts and adventures in and around the country of Nepal. Past Photos of Nepal. Trekking Posts and Info. Tuesday, August 7, 2012. I've done more monsoon trekking than the average bear, and I always write about how it aint that bad. Still every time I'm about to do a trip in the monsoon I always buy into the hype a bit and assume it might be a miserable time. Even when I read my entry about The Big Monsoon Lie. Or what a great trip I had up in the Gosainkund lakes.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Kathmandu: The Siren Song of Democracy
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Mr Smith Goes to Kathmandu. Brian's thoughts and adventures in and around the country of Nepal. Past Photos of Nepal. Trekking Posts and Info. Wednesday, November 7, 2012. The Siren Song of Democracy. Posted by Brian Smith. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Namaste and Tashi Delek. Welcome to my small corner of this big world and thank you for reading. Jiri to Everest 2011. View my complete profile. Seven Most Popular Posts This Month. Packing for a Tea House Trek in the Himalaya. 160;Recently a reader...
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Mr. Smith Goes to Kathmandu: Slipping into the Past
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Mr Smith Goes to Kathmandu. Brian's thoughts and adventures in and around the country of Nepal. Past Photos of Nepal. Trekking Posts and Info. Sunday, October 21, 2012. Slipping into the Past. Posted by Brian Smith. October 21, 2012 at 5:44 PM. Still regretting the ranger? October 21, 2012 at 5:58 PM. Its funny though how many gaming moments do stick out in my memory. But maybe it shouldnt be that surprising considering how much time Ive spent online with people playing MMOs or playing Magic tourname...
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Mr. Smith Goes to Kathmandu: What A Year in Nepal and Fight Club Have in Common
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Mr Smith Goes to Kathmandu. Brian's thoughts and adventures in and around the country of Nepal. Past Photos of Nepal. Trekking Posts and Info. Thursday, January 20, 2011. What A Year in Nepal and Fight Club Have in Common. My favorite movie of all time is David Fincher's Fight Club,. And it's not even close- this movie wins for me. So why does this movie connect with me and what does it have to do with Nepal? What a shit hole. Turning on one light meant another light in the house went out. The narrator i...
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Mr. Smith Goes to Kathmandu: Monsoon Trekking: Gosainkund
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Mr Smith Goes to Kathmandu. Brian's thoughts and adventures in and around the country of Nepal. Past Photos of Nepal. Trekking Posts and Info. Sunday, August 1, 2010. Chorten in the Forest North of Singh Gompa. Map Showing Our Route Through the Gosainkund Area. Wild Mushrooms Drying at the Hotel Green Hill. Langtang Lirung Viewed from Above Singh Gompa. Langtang Region on the Right, Ganesh Himal on the Left. Trail Leading to Gosainkund. Long Way Down: Looking over the Edge of the Trail. The one time sals...
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