Originally Posted by
wheelinthai
Dear alaskadude, I've not been to Nepal myself, but have been to Alaska (
Port Heiden, Alaska etc.) several times. I also went to boarding school in India, just at the south-western tip of Nepal (Nainital) . So I understand why you'd go to Nepal in the winter
. I've also talked to a few cyclo-tourists who biked in Nepal. Since guest houses and road side eats abound, leave you kitchen sink back home, but take your lightest tent and sleeping bag with you. You may want to sleep out one night, despite better alternative. One of the touring pleasure is to sample local delights (native foods), and I certainly don't want to miss that. Also I hate cleaning up after a meal
. You need not get into the bush itself to enjoy Nepal. The country side is simply beautiful.
Yes, I have spent lots and lots of time in the bush in Nepal. Ive been on like 50 treks for a month or more each. I am thinking of only taking a tarp for the occasional night out. I will see what the bike looks like after I get it all set up, and see if a small tent fits. I only eat local food, and in reality don't like cooking for myself along the way, and one of the delights of traveling in Asia is never washing dishes the whole winter!. I much prefer a small roadside Dahl Bhat place to cooking anything my meager culinary talents can do. I need a pretty good sleeping bag, even in lodges. Even in the low jungles in Nepal it is pretty dang cold!