The honey hunters are sitting on benches around a long ... As with much of rural Nepal, there is cell reception. All the teenagers in Saddi know when to gather on the appropriate rock so that ...
For centuries, the Gurungs have been the only people to harvest "mad honey" from their cliff in Nepal. The honey has hallucinogenic properties, and harvesting it is a big part of the Gurungs' culture.
Nepal abolished its monarchy in 2008, but growing public frustration with the government has sparked calls for its return.
Mad honey from Nepal and Turkey isn't named for the crazy risk takers who gather it from mountain cliffs, but for the hallucinations it can cause.