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The Conscious Traveller: Stay with locals for a cultural immersion in Nepal

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A leisurely morning cycling tour around Panauti takes visitors through scenic fields in a lesser-known part of Nepal.

A leisurely morning cycling tour around Panauti takes visitors through scenic fields in a lesser-known part of Nepal.

PHOTO: TOH EE MING

Toh Ee Ming

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NEPAL – Most travellers know Nepal as a land of majestic snow-capped mountains and trekking trails. But Nepal is a land of many geographies, and between the Himalayas and lowland Terai plains lies a lush band of giant hills offering a different window into the country.

I started my journalism career in the capital of Kathmandu on an internship in 2014, and fell in love with this welcoming and warm nation while staying with a local family.

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