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Nepal. The native
homeland of famous Sherpa climbers and Gurkha Soldiers.
This Himalayan country is situated in the heart of Asia,
on the southern slopes of the great Himalayan range,
sandwiched between China in the north and India in the
southeast. Nepal is about 800km long and 180 to 220km
wide. Altitude varies from 60 to 8848m, from Tarai
(lowland, bordering Nepal and India) to Himalaya
(including Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world,
bordering Nepal and Tibet). Nepal is divided into four
physical divisions (Terai, Mahabharat foothills,
mid-green mountains and the high Himalayan peaks). The
major religions are Hinduism and Buddhism (Lumbini is
situated in Nepal, which is the birth place of Lord
Buddha). Due to its landlocked nature, visitors can
enter Nepal by flights or overland via India and Tibet.
There are direct flights from most of the important
cities of the world. |
