Personal review of Surya, trekking guide
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Review of Surya, trekking guide for Himalayan Hub. I met Surya while traveling on a bus from Kathmandu to Pokhara. I was heading for the Annapurna area and had been looking for a guide. As soon as he walked on the bus, I sensed that he was a trekking guide and I wanted to speak to him. We struck up a conversation. I asked him if he was free but he was in the middle of two jobs and was busy at the time. We stayed in touch and became friends. Ultimately I did never did use him to physically guide a trek for me. However, over the following weeks, he gave me tons of advice through WhatsApp about the Annapurna area that I could never have gotten from a guidebook. He volunteered his personal time and knowledge and he did everything he could to remotely assist me in my solo trekking. He did this without asking anything in return. Twice he invited me to his house to meet his family and to have lunch - experiences that I will never forget.
He has the qualities of being trustworthy, generous , honorable, and very knowledgeable. I think that he is a great ambassador for Nepal and the Nepalese people and a great example of the best qualities of a good human being.