Kathmandu and EBC trek in earthquake aftermath
 

I just returned from Nepal, after visiting Kathmandu and trekking to the Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar, right during the earthquakes.
Check out my full trip report at: http://bonatravels.com/2015/05/19/co...summary-nepal/

Thanks for your report. I'm glad you were able to trek safely.

I hope the Nepali people will get the help they need to rebuild their lives. I agree that a return of tourists is important in this process.

This is a good current thread [one of many] from TA, which addresses the difficult balancing act about tourists returning...

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTop...Zone_Cent.html

Reply #7 in the above links to another v.good thread on Lonely Planet, particularly the posting by Joe (LP Staff).

Thank you for your post--thought provoking and helpful in my own thinking about our planned November trip.

can I add my thanks for your informative and sensitive report?

There is absolutely no chance that I will ever make it to EBC which is why I enjoy the accounts of those who have.

Good for you for persisting with your trip despite all the indications to the contrary - as you say the area will be desperately in need of tourists in the coming months.

Good luck with your next trip.

Interesting, thought provoking article from yesterday's Kathmandu Post...

http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathman...ed/276855.html

There should be plenty of rebuilding projects for locals to he employed on.

Tourists are fine, so long as they aren't of the rubber-necking, voyeuristic variety. All they do is get in the way, and eat and drink stuff that the locals are being routinely deprived of.