Nepal plans to attract around 200,000 sexual minorities including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersexes

(LGBTI) during the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 (NTY-2011). The Blue Diamond Society



(BDS), an organization representing sexual minorities in the country, has said



that it aims to bring 200,000 i.e. 20 percent such tourists of the total one



million tourists in the NTY-2011. Nepal aims to host one million…

The thrill of high-altitude trekking in Nepal was once available only to a gung-ho few. Recently, the journey has become more accessible.

In April 2011, co-host of international television show Word Travels and travel writer Robin Esrock will lead a trek to the Everest Base Camp

with World Expeditions.



The journey begins in Kathmandu Valley and ascends through Sherpa villages to Tengboche Monastery, where awestruck hikers

get panoramic views of the rock star…