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Why Hippies Came to Nepal—and What They Left Behind
The overland journey, spiritual curiosity, cannabis and Nepali enterprise behind Kathmandu’s hippie era—and the legacy beyond the familiar myths.
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Up in the Wind: The Chinese Film That Came to Nepal Looking for Freedom
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The Climb: The French Film That Turned Everest Into an Unlikely Love Story
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Powaqqatsi: The 1988 Film That Captured Nepal Before the Digital Age
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Beyond the Edge: Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary and the Everest Story the World Remembered
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Sherpa: The Film That Turned the Everest Story Around
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Highway to Dhampus: The American Film That Looked Beyond Nepal’s Mountains
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Doctor Strange: How Marvel Turned Kathmandu Into the Gateway to the Mystic Arts
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The Golden Child: When Eddie Murphy Brought Hollywood Fantasy to Kathmandu
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Little Buddha: When Bernardo Bertolucci Turned Kathmandu Into a Buddhist Epic
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