The Longest Way Home Travel Blog

Getting a visa on arrival is once again available in Nepal Someone was obviously listening two weeks ago when I wrote about the situation in Nepal 2021. Late last week it was announced that Nepali immigration are now reinstating visas on arrival for all vaccinated visitors with no quarantine!  There are, however, some necessary steps …

Continue reading “Nepal restarts visa on arrival for vaccinated tourists – no quarantine needed”

Nepal heads into its fourth trekking season with not much happening Normally at about this time of year we’d all be gearing up for the peak visiting season in Nepal. It’s when the best weather arrives and tourists arrive to soak in the sun, mountains, culture, and lifestyle of the Himalayan nation. This year, like …

Continue reading “How is Nepal doing in 2021?”

Kathmandu Valley Heritage Walks in paperback (second edition) I’m delighted to announce that my first of its kind Kathmandu Valley Heritage Walks book is now available in print internationally! It’s been an epic 10+ year project that not even the pandemic could stop.  Please note: If you bought the first edition of this book, then …

Continue reading “Kathmandu Valley Heritage Walks print (second edition) now available”

In the middle of the Everest climbing season Nepal is also in the middle of a second COVID-19 wave The Austrian expedition company Furtenbach Adventures announced on Saturday that they were cancelling their attempt at climbing Mount Everest this season. Such calls are usually made due to bad weather. In 2021 it was due to …

Continue reading “First Everest summit expedition cancelled due to rising COVID-19 infections”

Finally, everyone is worried The first wave came in 2020 and people got sick. Tourism stopped. Over the past year Nepal met the pandemic with its typical resilience. The 2015 earthquake is still in many peoples minds. To this day people are still waiting for promised aid to rebuild their houses. Others knew it wasn’t …

Continue reading “Second Wave of COVID-19 hits Nepal hard: do not falter, but show the way”

A photographic collection of Kathmandu’s iconic hand-painted store & street signs This coffee table book has been over 10 years in the making. It’s a personal project that I enjoyed tremendously. I wasn’t expecting to publish it now, but strangely due to the pandemic the cards fell into play. As you know from the news, …

Continue reading “Kathmandu: Signs From The Past (my coffee table book published to help Nepal during COVID-19)”