Advice on travelling to Nepal

Ming65

Ming65

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I figured this would be a good place to post this. I'm planning a trip to Nepal this December/Jan. Thinking of doing the Annupurna curcuit. Just me and my brother and maybe one local guide. Anybody who has been there recently can comment on the safety situation? Especialy in relation to the activities of what surely must be the last marxist revolutionaries left in the world.

I did a similiar trip in 1990. Seems like a fair bit has changed since then.
 
Rusty may be able to give you some information that you are looking for but, Uncle Bill should have some first hand information from his father in law who was in Reno for the Convention not long ago.:)
 
Bill is making the first of what's planned to be quarterly visits back home to Kansas. He should be back in Reno tomorrow or the day after and back online the day after he gets home.

His 90 year old dad had some kind of heart attack and Bill's almost (?) 70 and had bypass surgery,and that means his brother is getting up in years and if I remember right, having some heart probs. So he's staying in touch with the folks back at the ancestral homestead regularly.

Pappy is right about Bill's father-in-law Kami Sherpa being here a couple months back. They'd been trying to make their mind up if they should move within Nepal or into the Darjeeling area of India due to political troubles. They decided to move within Nepal. I'm somewhat scared for them, but they are the ones on the spot.

Bill and Yangdu are probably nore up on it than most folks outside Nepal. If you want to talk to him on the phone, check the Himalayan Imports website under Bill's signature line. When Bill gets back, he'll see this post and discuss it with wife Yangdu and may reply here or tell you to give him a couple days, or just call. Hope this helps.
 
PS: look up the 50th anniversary of Hilary's summitting Everest. That was just a few days back and there was lots of coverage of it. Some of it may have good updates for you.
 
The problems come and go. The Maoists usually plan the bad times and let people know when it's coming. Check latest travellers warnings from embassies in Kathmandu. If the Maoists are planning a bandh (strike) or protest it's a good time not to go. The Annapurna trek is a nice one and there's enough tea houses and hostels along the way you really don't need to rough it unless you want to. And the road from Kathmandu to Pokhara is usually pretty safe and that's the one you'll have to take to get yourself to the foothill paths to Annapurna.
 
Thanks Bill. I flew from Kathmandu to Pokhara last time. I like the teahouse style trekking as it affords some great contact with the locals. I look back on the trip I did there in 1990 and realise that it made a big difference in my life. Looking forward to some new insights.

Do you have a 'factory outlet' there?
 
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