Kathmandu

Richard Tulloch I had expected life in Kathmandu to happen on the street but I didn't know I'd be watching a cremation on my first day in town.

Michael Gebicki mingles with holy men and merchants on an early-morning stroll through the streets of old Kathmandu.

Like a latter-day Mowgli, Tom Neal Tacker communes with elephants and tracks tigers in Chitwan National Park.

Amid trekkers and sadhus, Louise Southerden finds spirituality and offbeat shopping in the crowded capital.

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