Dear Friends,

Your family in Nepal wishes all of you “A VERY HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2024”. It hardly feels time has passed since the millennium year and we are in 2024.

Like in many countries Nepal also has imposed travel restriction and lockdown to battle COVID-19. This pandemic has had a major impact in our tourism industry where Nepal relies heavily on tourism. Not even a single trek since the start of COVID till now and it has been estimated that the tourism sector in Nepal will take considerable time to bounce back to the normal condition. As this pandemic crisis continues it is very hard to even manage fundamental necessities. How are things with you? This is a difficult time for everyone right now and we are all facing various difficulties of our own. Please stay safe and be well.

“Look at any situation through thorny eyes
and everything looks thorny
And
look at any situation through rosy eyes
and everything looks Rosy”

This is a direct translation from a song “Phoolko Aankhama” sung by Ani Choying Dolma from one of her album “Moments of Bliss”.

Hope you can make it to Nepal this year and share your happiness and sorrows. Happiness if shared grows a thousand fold and sorrows if shared demises a thousand fold. I am looking forward to the day when we can freely travel again in the Himalayas. I am really missing those days of guiding my friends in the Himalayas. Take a good care of yourself and stay in touch.

With best regards and wishes,
Binod Mahat.