Messages posted by: iTrek

Here's the list that we provide to guests: http://www.itreknepal.com/clothing-equipment.html

In addition to what's there. I would suggest a water bottle with a filter. You can find one at puregowater.com. They're great because you don't have to mess with pumping water. One filter lasts about 30 days of trekking by my calculations.

The thing that I find most important though are the shoes. I like light weight, ankle high, and with a great sole to cushion the thousands and thousands of steps you take. Good shoes have a real effect on how your knees, hips and back feel.

This 10-days festival is celebrated all over Nepal, honoring bountiful fertility & the conquest of evil. Normal life comes to a standstill as everyone attends to his religious & family duties. On Phulpati, the day of flowers, there is a procession to Hanuman Dhoka that was traditionally attended by the king, on the eighth & ninth days there are massive numbers of ritual animal sacrifices, for every tool that is used during the year must be blessed. Shrines all over the country literally run with blood.


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