Tourism Issues

  ‘Bye’. ‘Bye’. It was 3:30 PM when Anil was returning after landing me some two miles down the Nagadada , 35 KM west of Pokhara. It was breathtaking surroundings . Four of us including two college girls we met there had spent hours there flirting. I began to ascend uphill. The Sun was moderate playing hide and seek with the clouds making my journey a doddle.  ‘Three hours continuous walk’ would be everybody’s reply when  I would ask them the time it’d take to reach Sirubari though none of them had been there themselves. I was given two alternatives beforehand, one a mild three hours walk partly across the jungle and the other a boring long rough ride from Syangja. I had chosen the first.  So I continued through the bushes and trees alone across the village where houses were rare. Vegetation grew thicker and I finally found myself sneaking through the finely slate paved walkway, tiny Gurung tole. Mouth dried, tired, and sweating all over, I savored a cucumber a Gurun...

 岐阜城 This lone castle atop the Kinka mountain that lies at the heart of Gifu gazes at the surrounding vistas the same way that its dweller Oda Nobunaga - the 16th-century daredevil ruler of central Japan, once used to. Not only is this awe-inspiring landmark position of the castle that draws visitors in droves every day, but its historical evolution from a mere fortress to a standing vigilant witness to the fierce battle along the way, including the ones for her own possession itself, that do appeal. Additionally, here is what a little historical scoop tells us about how it evolved to its present-day form, from a fortress built on the mountain top in the Kennin era, 1201-1203, by the Nikaido clan during Kamakura, a period known to have samurai emerged with. Later on, in the Muromachi period, Saito Toshinaga reconstructed it and passed on, until 1567, when Oda Nobunaga, known in Japanese history as Owari no Outsuke (Fool of Owari) made this his central Japan base of operation for 10...