NEPAL
Information
& Maps
Nepal's Tourism Department runs on a shoestring budget, letting
the free market fill the gap with a confusing welter of advertising.
There are no tourist offices outside the country, and those few
in Nepal are chronically starved of printed materials and generally
bereft of maps. They can, however, sometimes come up with information
on festival dates, local bus schedules and the like.
You'll always get the most useful information from other travellers.
Check the informal notice boards in restaurants around the tourist
quarters for news of upcoming events or to find travelling or
trekking companions. In Kathmandu, the neighbouring offices of
the Kathmandu Environmental Education Project and the Himalayan
Rescue Association can help out with information on trekking routes
and conditions. Despite its shameless advertiser bias, Travellers'
Nepal, a free monthly magazine distributed to the big hotels and
travel agencies, is the best of several sources of what's-on information.
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