There is hope on the horizon

There is hope on the horizon

We hope you all managed to have a lovely Christmas and New Year and were able to celebrate one way or other with loved ones given the circumstances.   With the start of 2021 things are looking up somewhat, despite a rocky start for many countries and we are...
Easing safely and responsibly into 2021

Easing safely and responsibly into 2021

With this year rapidly heading to an end, Nepal is finally opening up to visitors, although with some caveats in place, making everyone a little more hopeful for 2021. It is now possible for anyone to visit Nepal, not just trekkers or mountaineers.  To visit Nepal at...
Preparing mountain communities

Preparing mountain communities

With the festival season over, we are slowly slipping into the cold season with warm sunny days and cold mornings and evenings.  The first snows have arrived up high and it won’t be long until we light our first fire of the year. The biggest Hindu festivals of Dashain...
Clear blue skies and kites

Clear blue skies and kites

As the northern hemisphere heads rapidly into autumn, the southern into summer, we hope this note finds you all well, healthy and happy and able to get out into the great outdoors. We have hopefully seen the last of this year’s monsoon rains, with incessant, heavy...
As the monsoon rains slowly recede…

As the monsoon rains slowly recede…

As the monsoon rains slowly recede, so do our lockdown rules.  After a super strict 3 week lockdown here in the Kathmandu Valley despite no respite in the number of cases being logged each day, we have been set free once more but with slightly more stringent rules to...