Andrew went to Nepal to visit a Nepalese hospital and some schools there.  He also went to Pokhara, Nepal’s second city, and went paragliding over the lake, with an organisation saving birds of prey.  To support their project, the organisation offers flights from Sarankot, and hill overlooking the lake at Pokhara,  The drawcard is that they have trained some birds (Egyptian Vultures) to fly with them.  Ostensibly the birds find the thermals, and as a reward for doing so, are fed scraps of meat by the pilots.

This is called “Parahawking” – perhaps para-vulturing doesn’t sound quite as attractive!

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