By the time Tony co-founded Lonely Planet Publications in 1973, he already had the travel bug. And ever since, travel and discovery have been at the heart of his life and career.
My trip through the Mustang region of Nepal up to Lo Manthang – part 1 and part 2 – was bookended by stays in the Kathmandu Valley and a brief stop in Pokhara. I wasn’t planning or expecting to see anything new, my visit was just a reminder of familiar places and inte...
In Mustang in Nepal – Part 1 – I followed the Kali Gandaki north to Lo Manthang, now I’m there ... ▲ In the centre of Lo Manthang the 1448 Jampa Gompa has amazing outer passages around the inner core and upstairs is pretty damn impressive as well. This big gompa is...
Despite the arrival of the road to Lo Manthang and on to the China/Tibet border Mustang remains an exotic destination in the north of Nepal. For many years Lo Manthang, the ‘capital’ of the district, played a role as a trading junction between Tibet and India. The inv...
In the two months from mid-August to mid-October I travelled to a number of countries – Seychelles, Mauritius, Algeria (north coast and south Sahara) – and to one French colony – Reunion. In fact I started that little circuit with a longer visit to Nepal, that will be...
I’d not really thought about Réunion, until I was heading for Mauritius, but it’s only 200km to the west so why not pop over for a few days? Réunion is in fact much closer to Mauritius than Rodrigues, the second island of Mauritius. In area it’s slightly larger (2512 ...
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