Author: Uncharted Thoughts
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Discover the Enchanting Garden of Dreams in Kathmandu
Between the hours of 9-9, you can take a stroll through the Garden of Dreams, Kathmandu’s Eden. Take a step back in time, as you gander through the extensive mown lawns, the tranquil ponds and white Neo-classic architecture. Crafted well enough to think you are no longer in the mystical lands of the Yeti and…
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Explore Kathmandu’s Best Local Eats: A Traveler’s Guide
I am not sponsored by any of the restaurants featured in this post. Nepal isn’t known for its cuisine, unlike Italy, India or France, there is not a huge emphasis on Nepalese food. Perhaps for good reason you may be thinking, well. No. Nepalese food was surprisingly good. I don’t mean to insult anyone who…
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Britain turns right…
Yesterdays local elections were a shock to those that have been living under a rock and a new dawn of hope to others. Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, took 593 seats, leaving labour and conservatives in the dust. While it is still three years until the next general election, I think this is just…
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What to Buy in Kathmandu: A Traveler’s Treasure Guide
Now, I am not much of a shopper. You can tell by the state of my jeans and shirts. Shoes, well I have walking boots, work trainers, trainers and a pair of black boots for nice occasions. What can I say, I am a practical guy. But Nepal is full of practical trinkets. Let this…
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Discover Kathmandu’s Sacred Temples: A Traveler’s Guide
Kathmandu has many names, ‘the great city’, ‘Yen’ and more recently ‘The city of Temples’. Some even say it is the legendary mystery city known as Shambala, if you believe in such tales of course. You could go an entire lifetime in this city and not visit every temple. Sir Kirkpatrick, a British officer who…
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The roast of Blue Origin and Katy Perry.
Wealth and ideological nonsense at its worst. I have so, so much to say about this Blue Origin space flight. I know Uncharted Thoughts is a little behind the curb, this happened almost a week ago and I am sure most of you have already looked at countless articles on the worst PR stunt of…
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Cheers to New Beginnings: My Scottish Work Placement
Bit of a light-hearted one for ya!! I’m in Scotland. Land of freedom, haggis, whiskey and kilts. One of my favourite places on the planet, and where I started my journey into hiking and exploring. I am here on a work placement with Firecrest Films. I’m poor, as poor as I have ever been. I…
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Exciting Changes: Travel Blog Launching in May
The winds of change are on the way, and here at Uncharted Thoughts we are more than ready, About a month ago, I wrote that this website will be changing its course in May. That’s still going ahead and I am set to release my first travel blogs from the 1st of May. However, I…
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“We are spectators of a burning world, and all we can do is choose who we can watch it with”
Man, it is a depressing time to be alive isn’t it. War, greed, environmental disasters, lack of democratic diplomacy, the rise in authoritarian governments, genocide and famine. I often wonder what the point is of trying, will anyone still be here to reap the rewards of efforts made to stop the ongoing self destruction of…
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