A backpacking travel guide to Nepal (& India)!

<body onload="dynAnimation()"> <h1 align="center"> <font color="#000000"> A backpacking travel guide to Nepal & India !</font></h1> <h2 align="center"><font color="#000000">Passplanet is a free practical travel guide that offers the latest backpacking information about Nepal & India : budget accommodation, itineraries, visa, tips, surveys, photos, essay,… 6 places covered !</font></h2> <p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="152"> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><img border="0" src="images/web.gif" alt="Backpacking Nepal & India" width="15" height="15"></td> <td height="26"><p align="center" dynamicanimation="fpAnimelasticBottomFP1" id="fpAnimelasticBottomFP1" style="position: relative !important; visibility: hidden" language="Javascript1.2"><b><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><font size="5"><a name="up"></a>Nepal & India</font><i><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> </font></i></font><i><font size="3" face="Arial">The original Shangri-La !</font></i></b></td> <td width="34%" align="center" height="25"><img border="0" src="images/web.gif" alt="The backpacking travel guide to Nepal & India" width="15" height="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial" size="3">About Backpacking</font></b></td> <td height="150" align="center" rowspan="6"></td> <td width="34%" align="center" height="25"><font color="#FF0000" face="Arial" size="3"><b>About <i>Nepal & India</i></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Asia Presentation</font></b></td> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><a href="frame_why_go.htm" target="_top" dynamicanimation="fpAnimformatRolloverFP1" fprolloverstyle="font-style: italic" onmouseover="rollIn(this)" onmouseout="rollOut(this)" language="Javascript1.2"><font color="#FF0000">Why go to Nepal & India (Lao)?</font></a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial" size="2">Backpacking Forum</font></b></td> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><a href="frame_how_to_go.htm" target="_top" dynamicanimation="fpAnimformatRolloverFP1" fprolloverstyle="font-style: italic" onmouseover="rollIn(this)" onmouseout="rollOut(this)" language="Javascript1.2"><font color="#FF0000">How to go to Nepal & India ?</font></a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Participate !</font></b></td> <td align="center"><b><a href="frame_where_go.htm" target="_top" dynamicanimation="fpAnimformatRolloverFP1" fprolloverstyle="font-style: italic" onmouseover="rollIn(this)" onmouseout="rollOut(this)" language="Javascript1.2"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FF0000">Where to go in Nepal & India (Lao)?</font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" height="26"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Buy Guidebook about Asia</font></b></td> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><a href="frame_travel_tips.htm" target="_top" dynamicanimation="fpAnimformatRolloverFP1" fprolloverstyle="font-style: italic" onmouseover="rollIn(this)" onmouseout="rollOut(this)" language="Javascript1.2"><font color="#FF0000">Travel Tips for Nepal & India</font></a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" height="26"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Links to travel guide</font></b></td> <td align="center" height="26"><b><font color="#FF0000" size="2" face="Arial">Backpackers' Contributors</font></b></td> </tr> </table> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="6" cellpadding="3" width="100%"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF" align="center" rowspan="3"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF"><b>"DURING"<br> </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>The wild, the minorities, the temples, the adventure...</b></font></td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000" align="center"><b><a href="frame_the_north.htm" target="_top" dynamicanimation="fpAnimformatRolloverFP1" fprolloverstyle="font-style: italic" onmouseover="rollIn(this)" onmouseout="rollOut(this)" language="Javascript1.2"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">The North</font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>The islands, the Mekong, the ruins, the relaxation...</b></font></td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000" align="center"><b><a href="frame_the_south.htm" target="_top" dynamicanimation="fpAnimformatRolloverFP1" fprolloverstyle="font-style: italic" onmouseover="rollIn(this)" onmouseout="rollOut(this)" language="Javascript1.2"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">The South</font></a></b></td> </tr> </table> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><b><i><font color="#FF0000" size="3">Free as a backpacker ! </font></i></b></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial">You will find in this <b> free travel guide</b> lots of tips and <b> most of the budget info</b> you need to prepare your trip to Nepal & India on a shoestring ("before"), live your backpacking adventure in the best conditions ("during") and share your experience with other backpackers ("after") plus a photos gallery, a backpacking forum, surveys on the localities in Nepal & India (backpacker 's ratings), travelogues, an essay in French, <b> links to other travel guidebook</b> on Nepal & India or related budget information etc. All in one convenient stop ! Go for it : <b> backpack Nepal & India (Lao) with pass planet !</b><br> <br> If you know what you are looking for in Nepal & India, use the Search Form to find backpacking info. Otherwise, have a look at the backpacker's Index or <b> let Passplanet be your free guidebook to Nepal & India or Lao</b><br> <br> <b>The original features of this free backpacking travel guide to Nepal & India include :<br> </b><br> - Budget & practical travel information about chinese localities only.<br> - Ratings of the localities by the backpackers themselves : more than 40 localities precisely covered in Nepal & India or Lao<br> - What to do there & what you may not like while you backpack Nepal & India<br> - The cheapest budget accommodations (guesthouse or hostel on a shoestring ) for backpackers<br> - The various transportations' options for easy backpacking<br> - Travel information on how to save money<br> - Lots of backpacker's photos in special sections<br> - A guidebook with frequent updates<br> <br> But Passplanet will, hopefully, be more than a free backpacking travel guide to Nepal & India & Asia. My ambition is to make it a place where backpackers can freely exchange the latest info from "on the road" of the asian countries and communicate with each others. In the world of backpacking, information indeed changes with the blowing of the winds. But while a guidebook is out of date by the time it reaches the shelves, a web site can be updated daily. <b> Pass planet will strive to keep the budget information about Lao or  Nepal & India warm !</b>  <br> <br> But to achieve the above, we need your help & support. Passplanet is not supposed to be a single backpacker's journey and travel guide. There are too many trips ahead. Nepal & India, Asia and the world are too vast to be covered by one individual. Let's share ! <b> Everyone is welcome to join the backpacking adventure and submit travel information ! </b> Passplanet is looking for new backpackers, budget writers, partners and ideas on a shoestring. And Passplanet also counts on you for its promotion. If you find it useful, please give the direction to other backpackers. <b> The more traffic, the more updated info in the future to backpack Nepal & India !</b> <br> <br> Passplanet is also a place of exchange related to Nepal & India. Beside all the forms which allow you to share your budget info about asian countries, experiences about a place, Passplanet also hosts a forum and a links section to other travel guide. You are welcome to submit your own travel web site in the latter and benefit from Passplanet's growing popularity in the world of backpacking on a shoestring. </font> </p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial"> <br> <b>Together, let's keep Passplanet as free & independent as a backpacker</b> so more and more people can use this free travel guide to backpack Lao or Nepal & India !<br> <br> I wish you a good backpacking experience, on the site and around Nepal & India !<br> <br> <b>Ben.<br> </b>Founder. </font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="4"><b><font color="#0000FF">@ @ @ Nepal & India </font></b><font color="#0000FF">@ @ @</font></font> <p align="center"><b><i><font size="3" face="Arial">The original Shangri-La !</font></i></b></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">>> Description of Nepal & India ?</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">A small, land-locked country to the north and west of India and south of China. Home to several of the world's highest mountain peaks but also steamy, tropical jungle. The world's only Hindu kingdom.</font></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">>> Why go to Nepal & India ?</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">To trek in some of the world's most beautiful high-altitude scenery / To visit remote villages where cars and electricity are distant possibilities / To visit a wide range of ethnic and linguistic communities in a pocket-sized country.</font></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">>> Drawback of Nepal & India ?</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">A five year old Maoist insurgency is causing troubling times for the nation, especially in the wake of the massacre of the Royal family / Frequent electricity cuts / Incredibly bad roads that are made worse by landslides.</font></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">>> Cultural Highlights of Nepal & India ?</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">The city of Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu valley / The various Buddhist or Hindu temples and stupas / Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha / The women singing together as they weed the rice paddy.</font></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#800000">>> Natural Highlights of </font> </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Nepal & India </font><font face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#800000">?</font> </font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">Mountain scenery, tropical jungle, raging rivers and waterfalls - more potential for hydro electric power than any other nation, friendly people, a birdwatcher's paradise, amazing variety of butterflies.</font></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">>> How long in Nepal & India ?</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">A month or more if you have the time. But at least four days for the Kathmandu valley, three days in Chitwan, a week or ten days for a trek followed by the ease of three days in Pokhara. And allow three days to travel between those places and an extra day to get to the airport.</font></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">>> Budget for Nepal & India ?</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">During the low season a room can be had for three dollars and you could probably eat for less than that each day, if you had to. The popular tea house treks can be done on the cheap as well. Generally, US$10 for those who can live on the cheap, US$15 for a better room and a beer or two at night. </font></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">>> Visa for Nepal & India ?</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">Yes for most nations. Available at the airport or border on arrival for US$30 for single entry visa, valid for 60 days. Then US$50 for each extra 30 days.</font></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">>> When to go to Nepal & India ?</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font></p> <p align="left">  </p> <p align="center"> <b><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="1"><a href="../index.htm" target="_top">HOME</a> - ASIA - China - HK & Macau - Thailand - Laos - Cambodia - Vietnam - Myanmar - Malaysia - Singapore - Indonesia - Nepal & India </font></b> <h2 align="center"><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#993300">Passplanet : a backpacking travel guide to Nepal & India ! </font></b></font> </h2> </body>