Founder & Trek Leader, Green Compass Treks
Bishow has been organising treks, peak climbs, and tours across Nepal for over a decade, from the teahouse trails of Annapurna and Everest to the restricted valleys of Mustang, Manaslu, and Dolpo. He writes the guides on this site from the trail itself — the permit desks, the lodge dining rooms, the pass crossings, and the questions guests actually ask before they book.
Every article here is written to answer a real planning question: when to go, what it costs, how hard it is, and which route fits the time you have. If something on the site is out of date or you need advice on a specific itinerary, get in touch — the team replies within 24 hours.
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You come down from a trek lighter, short of sleep, a little dehydrated and with an immune system that has taken a knock. What two weeks on the trail does to your body, the first 48 hours, medication to finish or stop, the flight home, and when you can train again.
Nepal's trekking routes pass working monasteries where visitors can sit in on prayers — Tengboche, Kyanjin, Braga, the gompas of Tsum and Mustang. Which ones welcome trekkers, what a puja is like, how to behave, and where you can stay longer.
Knees and feet end more treks than altitude does. How to protect your knees on Nepal's long descents, which painkillers are sensible at altitude and which are not, how to prevent and treat blisters properly, and when pain means stop.
A singing bowl session is the least demanding form of meditation there is — you lie down and listen. What happens in one, what the evidence actually says, who should be careful, and how to buy a bowl in Nepal without being sold a story.
By day ten on a high trek, half the dining room is coughing. What the Khumbu cough is, how to tell it from a cold, a chest infection or something dangerous, how to prevent it, what to take, and when a cough means you must stop climbing.
Pokhara is where Annapurna treks end and where tired trekkers should stop for a day or two. The World Peace Pagoda, lakeside yoga classes, Buddhist meditation centres, quiet lakes and a sample two-day recovery programme.
A long-term condition rarely rules out a Nepal trek, but it changes the planning. How asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure and other conditions behave at altitude, how to manage your medication on the trail, and how to choose the right route.
Kathmandu is loud, dusty and one of the great meditation cities of the world. The best places to sit before a trek — Boudhanath at dawn, Kopan monastery, the caves of Pharping, Namo Buddha — with how long each takes, what happens there, and how to behave.
Stomach trouble is the commonest illness on a Nepal trek — more common than altitude sickness. How to avoid it, how to tell the types apart, what to take and when, why it matters more at altitude, and how to recover afterwards.
You are already walking six hours a day. Walking meditation turns part of that into practice — no cushion, no extra time. The basic technique, five variations for different terrain, how to walk a kora, and when to keep your attention firmly on the trail.
A personal medical kit for a Nepal trek should weigh under 400 g and cover the things that actually happen: headaches, stomach trouble, blisters, coughs and sunburn. The full list with quantities, what your guide carries, and how to adjust for remote, monsoon and winter routes.
Trekking loads the same muscles for six hours a day, two weeks running. A practical yoga plan for trekkers: mobility work before you go, a ten-minute teahouse routine, a restorative sequence for afterwards, and what to avoid at altitude.