About Eileen

It is with great sadness that we announce that Eileen Hewson FRGS passed away at 9:30am on Saturday 19th September after a courageous battle with cancer.

Eileen’s travels have taken her to Everest and Nepal, The Khunjerab Pass between Pakistan & China, Bhutan, Pakistan, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kashmir, Ladakh & Zanskar and Mustang the lost Tibetan Kingdom in remote Nepal.

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THE EXPLORERS’ GRAVEYARD LEH LADAKH

Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer, during his stay in Leh, on his way to Tibet (1900-1901), wrote that he had found five graves in the little graveyard – at the back of the Residency- two were directly linked to the Central Asian Trade Route. One belonged to the trader Andrew Dalgleish, who was murdered on…

Latest on Corona Virus in Nepal

Snow Cat Travel 3 hrs ·  Nepal remains under lockdown and international flights banned until at last May 15th. Presently it’s difficult to predict when and how Himalayan treks and adventure travel might realistically be able to return and what a “new normal” may be. Perhaps not for some considerable time as there are so many…

Latest on the Corona Virus in Tibet

Four provinces of western and northwestern China historically populated by Tibetans — Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan — have confirmed 140 cases of coronavirus, official media reported Tuesday as the Tibetan capital Lhasa’s airport began screening passengers from Wuhan. The China Tibet Broadcasting website reported that as of Jan 27, Sichuan confirmed 90 cases of coronavirus,…

MUSTANG - A Lost Tibetan Kingdom - Video

Eileen Hewson, Himalayan traveller and proprietor of Kabristan Archives waited 40 years to travel in the footsteps of Michel Peissel, the French explorer, to this remote place in Nepal. Her dream was realised when she made her first visit there in 2018.

A Himalayan Journey - Video

I travelled along the Leh to Srinagar highway only open 3 months of the year because the passes are closed by snow in winter stopping at Kargil overnight. This is a predominantly Moslem town halfway between Leh and Srinagar in Kashmir. As there are many hard line Moslems here I stayed all the time in the hotel. Being a foreign woman travelling I felt my reception on the streets could be hostile. The following morning I changed drivers for one from Kargil and drove to Padum in Zanskar where I stayed for a few nights before returning to Leh. The taxi union in Kargil does not allow the drivers from Leh to continue past Kargil.

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