I will fly to Nepal on December 17 and stay there until January 9 next year. I booked my Business Class return ticket today for this trip.

As a dedicated teacher, one of my points on the agenda while I am in Nepal will be talking to the newly opened-up Open University there and their vice chancellor. My current PhD strudent will make the connection. For the rest, I will do some travelling outside Kathmandu to visit the remoter regions where my current last PhD student originally comes from.

I am not sure whether the sweet "cat" on the pic below is a young tiger. Tigers also live in Nepal.

You could bump into an old forum chum in Kathmandu, now it rivals Pattaya as the place to go for recreation.

But good luck in your academic pursuits there.