We are really happy to have engaged Golden Himalayan with our recent trip to Nepal. We engaged them for Poon Hill Trekking and eventually we even engaged them for the rest of our days in Nepal! I would like to express my greatest gratitude to Puskar who has been a wonderful guide throughout. We had some hiccups with our hotel bookings that we booked through Agoda and he went all the way to help us to solve it to ensure that we have a place to stay. I brought along my parents of around 60 years old with us during the Poon Hill trek and he did more than just a guide would do to take extreme good care of my parents. In short, there’s no words that could describe our gratefulness to this good company!!!

We have an amazing guide, Mr. Puskar Lama (Tamang), who is only 23 years of age but have already done hundreds of treks. Interacting with him daily only reminds me how people across cultures are more similar than different. He is dressed in Zara clothes, Nike shoes and messages quickly on his iPhone5 (imported from the UK from his gurkha friends) in impeccable English, despite being born and bred in Nepal mountains. He is super active on Facebook, Wechat and all sorts of social media platforms, even though he spent his childhood working off the farms in rural Nepal villages. It is amazing how technology has become such an equalizer, and helped us connect seamlessly across geographies. I also learnt not to make assumptions – speaking to a very ethnic traditional Mongolian tribe lady who lived in the Ghorepani village in the mountains for most of her life, I learnt that both their sons are in Europe and she skypes with them often. So much for my pre-conception that there is no internet or wifi in the mountains! I love how Nepalese mostly speak good English, it helps me to interact, understand and appreciate their culture so deeply. We started the city tour with another guide, Mr Nabin, who is softspoken and knowledgeable.

尼泊爾-一生必去的地方!在這裡,我感受到心靈的寧靜!很高興認識了Puskar,在他的嚮導下,我認識了很深刻的尼泊爾文化!和他相處非常愉快!今年還想再去!

It is like travel with family, like with brother and uncle, such a nice people. That makes big different during the travelling, who always care about you, look after you, sleep later than you, wake up earlier and wait for you. Brother Indra, who make sure get good tea house to stay during trekking even in uphill he goes up faster and get tea house with good view over the mountain range, while mike mama always stay behind us follow us. Special thing about mike (Michael) mama is, when mike mama around, always good food to eat. He is very experienced person on the trekking route, who knows where to get taste food for hungry trekkers. Every tea house our groups eat more than any other group during trekking. Happy – laughing J Cheers ?