Where We Started...

The month of August 05 in Dubai, UAE ended in a desperate search for a vacation that would be short but nice. We were tired of the heat but we did not have much days to spare. At the same time we did not want to go to a place where we would land up spending huge amounts just on airfare!
The no brainer was India, we considered Kerela and then Goa. 90% of the people in Dubai who are indians are from Kerela, thus being the case, there were no flights available as it was the busiest sector.The latter was not possible because the Monsoons had beat us to Goa !
About the time we were giving up, I stumbled upon this new airline called Air Nepal International that had stareted operation just 10 days ago, and they were offerring direct flights to Kathmandu from Dubai.
Being one of the few countries where an Indian passport can get you loads of benefits, no VISA, discounts on domestic travel, a common language and some of the most stunning photos i have ever seen in my life of people, architecture, mountains.
We needed no more convincing...we rushed to book flights for 2 days later.

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On the whole the experience was enriching in every sense of the word, i think it is one of the best vacations we have had so far. It was also the cheapest but most expensive vacation we ended up having! Cheapest becasue everything was cheap and when i say that it is an understatement, and expensive because we ended up spending the most! Lovely people, beautiful country and a true world heritage country, Nothing i write can truely describe how nice a holiday it was.

Air Nepal International Flight SZ 612

We took off from the Dubai International Airport at 1:00 AM and reached a few hours later.
Excellent service and we got a free Business Class upgrade !!! One of the best recommended airline food.
For more info check their website here

Tension in Nepal

It is rather sad that a country so peaceful & beautiful by default is going through a time of tough political and violent tension. There is a very active rift between the Maoist [ fighters for democracy group ] and the current Royal Rule. The upsetting part is that the local people living day to day are getting stuck in the crossfire between the two. There are travel advisories against visiting nepal all over the place.
Personally we felt no danger when we travelled as they do not hurt the tourists. I would encourage people to visit this place as the main bread winner for this country is tourism and that has taken a thorough beating because of the political tensions. The main source of revenue for this country has thus been very severly affected.