B's email said it all:
This does not look good...
Landslide in Nepal Kills at Least 8; Hundreds Are Missing - www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A major landslide early Saturday morning near Nepal’s border with China killed at least eight people and left hundreds missing, officials in Nepal said. It also washed out part of a crucial highway and blocked a river, leading to a dangerous buildup of water...
It barely made the news here (NZ), certainly no follow up, because what does a village matter when there are no westerners missing...
It seems selfish to think this could impact my holiday given families and a village have disappeared off the face of the earth. In a month or so I'll be cycling down the Araniko Highway, which connects Nepal with China, which was swept away.
World Expeditions/Adventure South have advised that they have plans to work around, or more accurately over, this obstacle and it will be a while before we get there.
What it has prompted is some thought about something more than a holiday. I haven't done this trip as a charity or fundraising venture but have thought something should come out of this. Hope to discover that along the way…
UPDATE 10/29/2014: This was the front page when we arrived in Nepal
