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Langtang Ri Participating in the BIT Buy World event In Milan from February 17th to 20th, 2010
Dear Friends,
Greetings from Nepal,
We are pleased to inform you that Langtang Ri Trekking and Expeditions will be participating in the BIT Buy World event that will be held during the Italian Tourism exhibition in Milan from February 17th to 20th, 2010.
We would like to cordially invite you to visit us at our exhibit to find out about our exciting adventures in trekking, canyoning, mountaineering, rafting, mountain biking and more in the land of Namaste.
There is much to be excited about at Langtang Ri and we look forward to seeing you in Milan!
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Accident accured during Manaslu Trek:
"Thanks expressed for professionnal rescue assitance."
A couple of friends and I recently visited Nepal to do the
Manaslu trek.
Unfortunately one of my friends suffered a bad accident while on
the trek
and had to be evacuated out by helicopter. Our guide and porters
helped save my friends life and I want to publicly thank those
who were involved in her rescue efforts, before and after the
terrible accident. Our guide, Damodar Pyakurel (DP), took charge
with a calm, resourceful and professional manner that was
greatly appreciated. He and his four porters pulled my friend up
from a very steep slope she had tumbled down and got her to the
nearest village where first aid could be applied. Over the next
27 hours DP and one of the porters ran between different
villages in both directions (Philim and Jakat) finding
telephones to use to attempt to coordinate a helicopter rescue
during terrible monsoon rainstorms. These two men risked their
lives a couple times crossing raging creeks and a bridge that
ended upgetting washed out. I regret I dont know the full names
of our four friendly, strong, cheerful porters, but their first
names are: Lal, Prim, Sang and Lhapka. Pamfa Dhamala with
Langtang-Ri Trekking helped coordinate the rescue from Kathmandu
and despite her very busy schedule she (or a member of her
staff) took time every day to visit my friend in the clinic and
acted as a liaison with the local doctors and insurance company.
Rudy Scheffer with Around the World Adventures in America
contacted my friends boyfriend and relatives for us and also
helped with insurance issues. These efforts added a truly
personal touch to their trekking businesses and made
me/us feel like part of their family instead of just another
client.
 Fishtail Airs helicopter pilot competently flew through bad
weather. One
family in the tiny village we had to spend the night in (below
Philim)
generously allowed us to camp out in their home so we could get
out of the rain. My friend Katie, her family and I all truly
appreciate the generosity, compassion and genuine concern showed
by all who helped us out during this traumatic ordeal. I fell in
love with Nepal and its people the first time I visited in 2006
and this last visit only reinforced those feelings, mainly due
to the wonderful interactions I have had with the warm and
friendly Nepali people I have met. One request: if you could get
rid of the threatening Maoists who extort a toll fee out of
trekkers visiting your beautiful country that would be great.
Sincerely,
Amy Murphy
6910 Peck Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99504 USA
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LRT participated in the 43rd UFTAA World Congress in
Kathmandu (Nepal)
Langtang Ri Trekking & Expedition participated in the 43rd
UFTAA World Congress in Kathmandu (Nepal) from 20th-23rd
November 2009, which was followed by the 3rd NATTA Himalayan
International Travel Mart-2009 (23rd-25th November 2009). About
150 UFTAA delegates from around the world participated in the
43rd UFTAA World Congress and another 150 tourism professionals
attended the 3rd NATTA Himalayan International Travel Mart.
These events brought many visitors and their tourism dollars to
Kathamandu (Nepal). The purpose of these travel marts was to
provide information and descriptions about activities taking
place to help Nepal
Celebrate the upcoming 2011 Nepal Year of Tourism.
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Nepal listed one of top 10 travel destinations in 2010
Nepal has found its way into the list of top ten travel
destinations in 2010 in the world.
The Lonely Planet "Best in Travel 2010" has listed Nepal, along
with El Salvador, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Morocco, New
Zealand, Portugal, Suriname and the United States, as one of the
top ten travel destinations, a statement from Nepal Tourism
Board (NTB) said.
"Trekking in Nepal is one of those travel benchmarks, like
seeing the Taj Mahal, or diving the Great Barrier Reef, or the
first time you eat fried locusts. By the end of your trek, you
may vow never to climb anything higher than the stairs around
your home town, but the experience of the Himalaya will stay
with you for a lifetime.
"This is a collection of destinations and experiences that we
rate as the stuff people really should consider for next year.
Whatever your own style dictates, you should be able to find
inspiration in these destinations," The Himalayan Times cited
Adam Bennett, manager of Asia-Pacific communications as saying.
"They'll take you from the familiar to the far away, both
geographically and culturally, and more than likely have you
reaching for your travel bag," Adam Bennett said.
The list released Monday is The Lonely Planet's fifth in its
annual collection of the best places to go and things to do in
the year ahead.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jet Airways to launch Kathmandu-Mumbai
flights in December
India's leading private sector airline Jet Airways is
introducing daily flights from India's commercial capital Mumbai
to Kathmandu from December 2. The airline will use Boeing 737
for Kathmandu-Mumbai flights.
Jet Airways currently operates 13 flights a week in Kathmandu-New
Delhi sector. The airline will increase its flights on the
Kathmandu-New Delhi sector to 14 flights a week effective from
November 17.
"The Nepal-India sector is a very busy one, in terms of leisure
and business air traffic. We are confident that our new daily
services on the sector will be much appreciated," Nikos Kardaiss,
acting JEO, Jet Airways, stated in the company's website.
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to fly to Lhasa in 2010
Nepali and Chinese officials have agreed to operate
Kathmandu-Lhasa-Kathmandu flights by designated Nepali airlines.
The agreement was reached during the Third Joint Tourism
Coordination Committee Meeting on November 9.
Joint secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation
Murari Bahadur Karki and Deputy Director General of the Tibet
Tourism Administration Wang Songping signed the agreement.
Nepal Airlines Corporation will start the direct flight to Lhasa,
while China Airlines will operate Canton-Lhasa-Kathmandu
flights.
The meeting also decided to promote a joint rafting industry by
the private sector of both sides, develop an action plan to
establish a trekking route from Lomanthang of Nepal to
Mansarovar of Tibet.
Meanwhile, officials of both the countries are making
preparation to resume direct bus service between Kathmandu and
Lhasa. The bus service has remained defunct for the last three
years.
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Kathmandu-Lhasa bus service to restart
The bus service between Kathmandu and Lhasa, which has remained
defunct for the last three years, will resume from February
2010, according to reports.
The trans-Himalayan bus service, which commenced on May 1, 2005,
was suspended in 2006 due to transportation permit hassles.
In order to insert a new momentum to the upcoming Nepal Tourism
Year, Nepal and China are said to be working to restart the bus
service between Kathmandu and the capital of China's Tibet
Autonomous Region.
According to the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), attempts will be
made to link directly with travel and tours operators who will
operate chartered bus service on the Kathmandu-Lhasa route due
to long procedural problems in obtaining transportation permits.
Both countries had started direct bus service between Kathmandu
and Lhasa on April 29, 2005, 11 years after signing of a
transport agreement between Nepal and China.
The state-owned Sajha Yatayat and Himalaya Limited Corporation
were designated as operating agencies of Nepal and the Tibet
Autonomous Region of China respectively.
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Global warming: Nepali Cabinet to meet on Everest
KATMANDU, Nepal Nepal's Cabinet will hold a meeting on
Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming, which
is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas, an official said
Monday.
The Cabinet will meet at the Everest base camp later this month,
just ahead of an international climate change conference next
month in Copenhagen, Denmark, Forest and Soil Conservation
Minister Deepak Bohara said.
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and other Cabinet members will
fly by plane to the 17,400-foot (5,300-meter) camp, the starting
point for mountaineers attempting to climb the world's highest
mountain.
Bohara said the meeting is an attempt to highlight the problem
of melting glaciers in the Himalayas.
Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, creating lakes whose
walls could burst and flood villages below. Melting ice and snow
also make the routes for mountaineers less stable and more
difficult to follow.
Last month, members of the Maldives' government held an
underwater Cabinet meeting to highlight the threat of global
warming to the world's lowest-lying nation. President Mohammed
Nasheed and 13 other government officials donned scuba diving
suits and took their seats at a table on the ocean floor 20
feet (six meters) under the surface of a lagoon.
Separately, a renowned Everest climber said he and
mountaineering colleagues are planning to travel to Copenhagen
next month to highlight the impact of climate change on the
mountains.
Appa, a Nepalese Sherpa guide who has scaled the 29,035-foot
(8,850-meter) peak 19 times, said climbers from all over the
world will join the campaign. |
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