Extension Tour to NEPAL - Throne of the
Gods.
They
came in droves, with the first light of history.
They brought with them the wisdom of their years.
The sages the soothsayers and the traders.
They settled here, heaven on earth, that is Nepal.-
a country that can be described in more down to earth terms.
Gautama Buddha was born here in 563 BC, in what s known today as Lumbini,
near the border with India. The heyday of Hinduism began here in 9 AD and
1760 years later the little. Country was a newly united kingdom. The
calendar, calculated according to the Bikram era, tells us its 2053 BS.
At 147, 181 square kilometers, the country is somewhat larger than Greece,
but rises from a mere 25 metres above sea level to the highest point on this
planet at 8848 metres. At its widest its 180 kilometres and runs 900
kilometers along India's Northern border.
Nepal is hardly the Nepal of foreigner's imaginations. The elite of the
world's alpine set, come to challenge the incomparable mountains, and
authorities in art are fascinated by an ancient culture. Wildlife fanatics
visit for the one horned Rhino, and naturalists comb the hillsides for the
thousands of wild herbs that are needed to complete the Ayurvedic formulae
of endless remedies.
