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News Nepal update
After the wettest monsoon since records began, we arrived back in Pokhara to find that Sarangkot and the surrounding area had been hit by over 40 separate landslides. With over 50 houses destroyed and several deaths it looked serious.
Arriving at Maya Devi, we saw that we were lucky and only superficial damage had occurred, some of our neighbours were not so lucky. Bhupal and Nanni had done an incredible job clearing up and we were back up and running in no time. See below for more details.
It has been the longest and busiest season we have ever had in Nepal. Starting in September with a tour to Bhutan and then back in Nepal for the start of our tandem operation at the beginning of October we have seen only 9 non flyable days between October 1st and April 15th!!!
October and November saw a record number of tourists enter Nepal. 2 years of peace have meant that the big tour operators have returned and the relaxed and safe atmosphere has also returned.
As of writing, Nepal has just completed their first elections in 10 years. Most surprisingly the Maoists won. The people have decided to give them a shot at running the country. Fortunately the Maoists have declared that they will not rock the boat anymore and welcome the free market, tourists and foreign investment. All good news.