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Short Trek of Nepal |
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For the people in the hills of Nepal, Walking has always been the mail method of getting from A to B. There were no roads leading in to the hill country from the Terai or India until the Tribhuvan highway to Kathmandu was constructed in the 1950sq. Pokhara was not connected to the outside world by road until 1970Sq even to the in the vast majority of village can only be raged on foot, although every year the roads penetrate furthers in to Nepal's endless ranges of hills.
The Nepali people, making their way from village to village on the well - worn trails, were only joined by Western visitors when Himalaya mountaineering came in to vough. It was the accounts of those pioneering mountaineers, who had to make their way to the base of the great peaks on foot, that in spired the first trekkers. The word ' Trekking ' was first applied to Nepali hiking trips in the 1960s and the enormous popularity of trekking today has developed since that time. Trekking in Nepal means a walking trip following trails, many of which have been used for countries. It is not mountaineering, although some of the popular trekking trails are used by mountaineering, expedition on their approach marches. Their f\varies there are popular treks around the Kathmandu and Pokhara valleys that only take a day and others that last a week of the month. You could even string a series of popular treks together and walks for the months and end.
There is no question that Nepal offers some of the most spectacular and beautiful scenery in the world, Nepal has a near monopoly on the world's highest peaks - 8 of the 10 highest are found here. A number of popular trekking routes you wonderful views of these peaks and some visit the base camp used by mountaineering expeditions. Mountain flights may give you a superb view, but there is absolutely nothing like walking up on a crystal - clear Himalayan day and seeing an 800m peak towering you.
The snowcapped mountains may be the most obvious scenic attraction, but there are plenty of other treats for the eye. A typical treks climbs out of the subtropical lowlands of terraced fields, oak and chestnut, through whistling stands pine and forests of stately rhododendrons, until emerging through stunted birch or juniper in to the treeless alpine zone at the foot of the great peaks.
Trekking is Nepal is not like hiking through an uninhabited national park. Local people are constantly passing by on the trails, usually carrying extraordinary heavy loads of unexpected items. And along many routes there are regularly spaced villages in which to pause and find shelter. In the villages you can meet people from the diversity of ethnic groups. The warm, outgoing natures, general g\friendliness and good humor of Nepalese is often noted by trekkers. Religious festivals can make trekking even more enjoyable and interesting.
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