Nepal, a
relatively small country sandwiched between Tibet in the north
and India in the south, is one of the most ancient countries in
the world. Before 1951, it was not possible for visitors and
tourists to enter without special permission.
Since then tourism
has flourished, becoming a valuable source of income for the
local people. Trekking groups and individual tourists are
attracted to the richness and variety of scenic beauty not found
anywhere else in the world.
Nepal is famous for it's peaceful blend of Hindu temples and
Buddhist stupas, it's rich art and architecture, bronze
statuaries and of course it's spectacular mountains. Nepal
contains eight of the ten highest peaks in the world.
The
Gautama Buddha born in Nepal, left the world a philosophy of
peace, tolerance and compassion and today, his philosophy epitomises the nature, the feeling, the soul of Nepal.
