April Thompson
Biographical Info:
Freelance writer April Thompson visited Nepal on a year-long, solo pilgrimage around Earth. She covers travel as well as women's, environmental and social issues for magazines such as Alaska Airlines, Hope, and Walking.
April Thompson's Recent Contributions
Nepal's Nightmare Ride
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After ten months on the road and a week in Kathmandu, I craved a quiet, open space, free of exhaust fumes. I wanted to go far away, far from the scruffy tourists in two-tone velvet pants bought on...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Kathmandu
Topics:
Travel |
Women & Travel
Photos from Tibet
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A story told with photos.
Destinations:
Lhasa |
China |
Tibet
Topics:
Travel |
Photography
China's New Revolution
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A REVOLUTION is going down in Beijing. Naturally it reaches Tiananmen Square, the city's ground zero, where in 1949 Mao Zedong proclaimed China the "People's Republic." The exile, imprisonment, and...
Destinations:
China |
Beijing
Topics:
Economy |
People |
Shopping
Four Women in Tibet: The Journey to Everest
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"Looking for fellow travelers to trek to Everest Base Camp. See April at the Yak Hotel." Two days after I post this notice around Lhasa, four women have joined forces in the name of Everest. Now we...
Destinations:
Lhasa |
China |
Tibet
Topics:
Travel |
Women & Travel
Passport: Nepal
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"In Nepal, a guest is like a god," says Hiranya, a boy who captured and brought me to his hillside village, so tiny it isn't on any map of Nepal or has a road wider than a goat path. As a female guest...
