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Where the Himalayas play favorites: Everest’s icy crown lures adventurers, while Annapurna’s trails wind through Gurung villages where yak butter tea steams over hearths. Kathmandu’s Durbar Square survives earthquakes with carved deities still dancing on temple struts, and Chitwan’s elephant grass hides greater one-horned rhinos. At dawn, light a butter lamp at Swayambhunath’s monkey-guarded stupa as the valley exhales incense.
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Spring (Mar-May) & autumn (Sept-Nov) trekking peaks. TIMS card + permits required for trails. Teahouse lodges offer dal bhat (€3). Altitude sickness is real – ascend slowly. Respect clockwise stupa circumambulation.
