Tings Kathmandu - Impressions

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Tings in Lazimpat is closed!

We managed earthquakes, Maoist strikes and Electricity Cuts. And we could live with the pollution, traffic and hopeless Tourist Infrastructure. But the crazy real-estate prices and the current #Covid19 close down force us to close our #hotel #Kathmandu

Tings Tea Lounge & Lounge Hotel closing down

In 2009 we moved to Nepal to realize a project we had been dreaming of since we returned from a year-around-the-world travel in 2001: To start-up a small business where we could engage talented young boys and girls.

The business – Tings Tea Lounge & Lounge Hotel (or just Tings) – opened in February 2011 in Lazimpat only 15 minutes minutes…

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Coffee shops and Cafes for Digital Nomads

Imagine how glad we get to see Tings Kathmandu recommended as one of the best places in town for #digitalnomads. Especially in company with so many other fantastic places that have opened in Lazimpat since we started #Hotel #Cafe #Lounge #Kathmandu

Almost 10 years young and still going strong

When Tings Kathmandu and Tings Tea Lounge opened we only had maximum 6 hrs electricity everyday, unpredictable bandas several times a month and web almost as bad as the 56K modems we grew up with around the birth of the web (I know I may exaggerate a bid – bud it was very bad!).

Still we managed to created international and healthy menu with…

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Our best elephant experience is featured in Forbes!

Our stay at Tharu Lodge is our best experience with #Elephants EVER. Kathrine Parker-Magyar has visited the Camp for Forbes. Good story that hopefully will convince the readers to visit these fantastic animals themselves. #Hotel #Nepal #Kathmandu #Chitwan

Inside Tiger Tops: The First Ethical Elephant Camp In Nepal

A few years ago our friends opened Tharu Lodge in Chitwan – far away from the crowded and touristic Sauraha (Thamel in Chitwan). Their approach to wildlife tourism is very different from what we have experienced elsewhere in Nepal and rest of the world – Basically you are not allowed to do anything with the beautiful animals. Just be…

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My avocado toast in now on the menu!

NEW AT TINGS KATHMANDU: Delicious Avocado Toasts with Poached Eggs. All made from the best ingredients - and all home made! We thought it was a lunch dish only. But our guests asks for it for dinner, too.

Why don’t we make Avocado Toast?

Just got back to Tings Lisbon after two very busy weeks at Tings Kathmandu where Dorje as always made a fantastic Mandala for the Laxmi Puja.

We arrived to a garden packed with huge and beautiful Avocado’s from the tree we planted 10 years ago. We had almost forgotten everything about it and was positively surprised to see the beauties Dorje brought us.

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The best of Kathmandu in two days! How to visit the most important sights on your own for travelers with a tight schedule. Inspirational background information plus a few very good insider tips!

Going to Kathmandu? Need Inspiration?

No guide books needed. Just read Pradeep Chamaria’s two entire days in Kathmandu in The Statesman this morning… one of the better ones I have read in a very long time. Not only does he take you through the most important of Kathmandu’s many must-see sightsby Tempos, Macros and other local transportation. He also provides enough background information to…

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The perfect DIY trek from Kathmandu

When Kathmandu gets too intense and you need to get away from it's chaos this trek takes you through nature and local life. An easy day trip or perfect to combine with visits to Bhaktapur and Nargakot. #Hotel #trekking #Kathmandu #Nepal.

Hiking in the Alps or the Rockies is a dream for many of us weekend warriors. But taking on Mount Everest, with its death zone and crowds? Perhaps not. Hiking fans may think that to come to Nepal and fail to take on Everest or the well-trodden Annapurna Circuit means that on some level, they’ve failed, that they’ve chickened out.

Fear not. The 4.3-mile hike from Telkot to Nagarkot east of…

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Tings is one of the 10 best cafes in Kathmandu!

After almost 10 years in Kathmandu our small oasis in Lazimpat still tops the list of the best restaurants and cafes in Kathmandu... isn't it amazing!

Being a foodie myself, I love to try different cuisines and dine at the latest hotspots.

I prefer to abide by recommendations from a local instead of using TripAdvisor. In fact, according to The Times it has been estimated that a third of the TripAdvisor reviews are fake.

As a writer and a resident of Kathmandu, I would like to present to you my top 10 of the best cafes in Kathmandu.

Alex Wrigley S…

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Mustang for Non-Trekkers

Last month we went to the mountains for the first time ever!

In 2010 – the year before the 2011 Tourism Year – we were invited to do a presentation for the Nepalese Tourism Board. Guess it was because of our business past they wanted to hear our opinion on the positioning of Nepal as a tourist destination.

As a part of our research we asked a lot of tourist the same question: What made you…

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A few news about Chirag's opening on Friday

A few news about Chirag’s opening on Friday

It’s all about friendships Actor, RJ, CEO & good friend

Vivek Singh Takhuri

We never do inaugurations – it’s not our style. But we don’t to mind getting someone to say a few words. If they are relevant.

Vivek is not someone – but he is very relevant.

Besides being our very good friend (for 10 years!!!) Vivek was the one who introduced us to Chirag Bangdel. So without him we…

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Paul Oakenfold's Soundtrack Everest opens tonight

Tonight at Moksh: Paul Oakefold's Soundtrek with my favorit DJ Ranzen who played at our Bardo at Tings Opening a few years ago. TGIF Enjoy, Thomas

The highest party on Earth! 6 pm at t Moksh – don’t miss this

Adventures To The World’s Most Awe-Inspiring Locations

With Soundtrek Paul Oakenfold wants to bring Awareness To Environmental Issues.

His First Journey was To Base Camp At Mount Everest In April Of 2017.

Paol Oakenfield blogged about the trek here

The highest party on Earth

Paul Oakenfold’s completed his…

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New Works by Chirag Bangdel

New Works by Chirag Bangdel

9 days to the opening of A Celebration.

The last few days we have been time travelling back to 2009 where we left Copenhagen to start up Tings. After 10 years it’s time to evaluate… We have finished the first 2 stories about our fantastic, but sometimes chaotic life. The first one about starting up a business here in Kathmandu. The second story is about our art & culture involvement.  

Annette…

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A lot of you don't know about this 'gem' just 15 minutes from our door...

A lot of you don’t know about this ‘gem’ just 15 minutes from our door…

A new oasis – 15 minutes from Tings

We have lived in Lazimpat for three years now. And still we keep finding these small places where you can escape and hide with a book if the busy and noisy life of Kathmandu gets too much.

Travelling back to the days where colorful adventurers and pioneers like Jim Edwards, Mette Rolff and Boris & Inger Lissanevitch created Tourism in Nepal.

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Want to join us for 5 days Mustang trip?

MUSTANG AND YAK BLOOD DRINKING CEREMONY BY JEEP - ONLY 3 SEATS! Join us for a 5 day trip - 500 US for Guide, car, permissions, hotel and food (Excl Hotel in Pokhara AND Drinks).

Have you ever been to the Yak Blood Drinking Festival?

If no, here is the chance…

Years ago one of the featured movies in the annual KIMFF program (Kathmandu International Film festival) caught my interest. It was about a festival in Mustang where local villagers gather once a year mainly to ‘enjoy’ glasses of fresh steaming Yak Blood tapped from the region’s wild Yaks. The locals believe…

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Yesterday I had the most fantastic Art Experience in Kathmandu EVER

Yesterday I had the most fantastic Art Experience in Kathmandu EVER

Until Yesterday Outsiders Krew’s Share the Word was a completely unknown Art Project to me.

Share The Word is the Outsiders Krew‘s first major art project, taking place in different countries around the world. The aim for the krew…

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Tings has one of the best cafes in Kathmandu

Tings has one of the best cafes in Kathmandu

Just got a mail from Chris from KimKim.com

I wanted to let you know that we recently published the article The Best cafes in Kathmandu where we recognized Tings Tea Lounge.

Best,

Chris

Mail from Chris – Kimkim

KimKim???

I couldn’t place name in any travel related context. Still it sounded familiar.

After a few seconds on Google I remembered.

The new…

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Meet Mette Rolff - one of the two interesting Danish Dames in Nepal

Meet Mette Rolff - one of the two interesting Danish Dames in Nepal. Nepal's history is so young that you have people in Kathmandu who was part of its opening to the West. Like Lisa Choegyal who shares her story in Nepali Times

Why haven’t I heard about Tiger Top’s Mette Rolff before?

When you meet your friend Edward, please ask him why John Coapeman and Mette Rolff aren’t a part of Tiger Tops history on their website?

Message from Claus Rolff, May 2018

It was a guest who ‘introduced’ me to Mette Rolff

We LOVE getting messages from friends we have met through our life with Tings.

Not because they have stayed with us…

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VooToo 5 min from Tings Kathmandu is all over the world

VooToo 5 min from Tings Kathmandu is all over the world

VooToo in Lazimpat is the best in Kathmandu

What we have known for years – has now been endorsed by another – and very famous –  food lover.

Thanks to India’s Congress President Rahul Gandhi who came by for dinner a few days ago the whole world knows about this fantastic place.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Mansarovar Yatra got embroiled in a controversy, well before it began.

Did Rahul…

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