Nepal isn't nearly as isolated as it once was. Email access and international direct dialling are available in all the tourist spots, and you can keep up with news via satellite TV and international newspapers. The post is still as slow and patchy as ever, though
Telecommunications
There can be no better illustration of the emerging electronic village than the private
telecommunications
centres that have sprouted in Kathmandu and other tourist areas. Like glittering electronic oases, they offer Internet and email access,... read more >>
Post
Post
takes at least ten days to get to or from Nepal - if it arrives at all. Postcards and aerogrammes go through fine, but envelopes or parcels that look like they might contain anything of value may go astray; even sending things registered offers... read more >>
Media
Despite only 40-percent literacy, Nepal boasts more than 1000
newspapers
- an outgrowth of two noble Brahmanic traditions, punditry and gossip. A few are published in English. Of these, however, only two dailies - the
Kathmandu Post
... read more >>
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