Wagle Street Journal

Raju Gurung, right, rescued Kanak Mani Dixit from a fatal accident on the trail of Annapurna Circuit. But he has a complain with the celebrated journalist. Click to enlarge the photo.
20 October (Timbu): One of the best things about staying in trailside guest houses is that you meet so many people (Nepali and foreigners) who […]

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A hotelier in Timbu village of Helambu region holds the pre-paid CDMA phone set for better signal from Kathmandu valley while a customer talks. (Click to enlarge the photo and sketch.)
21 October (Timbu): With the introduction of CDMA-based phone systems by Nepal Telecom, Nepali villages have experienced a revolution in communication. Even in some […]

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20 October (Timbu): A few minutes after we left the village of Keyul and Maya the girl behind, we came across a suspension bridge over Melamchi khola that we didn’t have to cross. But we wanted go over it. The first sight of the bridge reminded me of Wanda Vivequin and the amazing bridge over […]

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Ashika Lama, with her two little sisters, had lied about her name and didn’t want to be photographed at the later stage of our conversation though she slightly flirted with us in the beginning. She was waiving hands at us as we started climbing upward.

21 October [Tarke Gyang]: We started late, walked really slow and […]

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Wagle.com.np at Thare Pati. Inspecting the mountains
22 October [Thare Pati]: We started early but in the morning I was feeling slightly exhausted and feeble. I wasn’t able to walk properly; legs were going out of my control. They weren’t really holding me up. After walking down the hill trail for about two hours, we […]

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22 October: I didn’t notice it at first but, when I noticed, I couldn’t stop myself taking out camera and taking the photo. This small boy was playing in front of me. He was occasionally looking at me and when responding to my questions that ranged from his home and the roadside hotel where we […]

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