12 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NEPAL

                       A young lady on the Everest Base Camp Trek saying "Namaste" to us.

1) Nepal opened it's fringes to the world in the 1950s and 2011 is Nepal Tourism Year! So make the most of this current year and join the festival! 

2) People in Nepal don't welcome each other with a handshake, yet rather set up their palms together and bow their brow and say Namaste (straightforwardly interpreted as "I salute the God in you"). This is a similar welcome utilized all through India. 

3) A well known and shoddy 'fast food' is the Momo. Flavorful dumplings produced using flour and water loaded with various fillings like chicken, meat or vegetables either singed or steamed and presented with a plunging sauce. My top picks were the yak-meat filled ones at the Yak Café in Kathmandu. 

4) Nepal is home to one of only a handful few places on earth where you can see both the Bengal tiger and the one-horned rhinoceros. We were fortunate to see 3 rhinos on our safari! 

5) The Annapurna area was voted one of the main 10 best trekkingplaces on earth. The trek to Poon Hill is a direct 5-day trek with perspectives that will overwhelm you! 

6) Everest in the Nepali dialect is Sagarmatha which implies goddess of the sky and it remains at an amazing 8,848 meters (29,029 ft) above ocean level. 

7) Bob Seger composed a melody called Kathmandu in 1975. He composed it when he needed to vanish from the record business, media and visiting. Kathmandu spoke to a far way arrive where nobody would have the capacity to discover you. 

8) Little Princes composed by Conor Grennan is about kid trafficking in Nepal and produced the NGO Next Generation Nepal which reunites kids and their families and helps provincial groups. An unquestionable requirement read and a bit of the returns from each book go specifically to the cause! 

9) The Sherpas are an ethnic gathering from generally the eastern uneven piece of Nepal. Numerous are utilized as watchmen for mountain undertakings as they don't endure the impact of height and because of their hereditary qualities and childhood. Numerous gatherings allude to their watchmen as Sherpas. 

                                         A Sherpa conveying a substantial load 

10) Nepal is the origin for the Lord Buddha. Lumbini and a journey for some faithful Buddhists. 

11) Nepal has the densest convergence of World Heritage Sites. Kathmandu valley alone has 7 World Heritage Cultural destinations inside a sweep of 15 kilometers. 

12) The Nepali banner is the main country with non-quadrilateral flag.The two triangles symbolize the Himalaya Mountains and speak to the two noteworthy religions, Hinduism and Buddhism.