FAQs - Making Nepali Friends

Nepal FAQ How to make Nepali friends and stay with them when you get to Nepal?

It sure is an exciting thing, to be able to make Nepali friends online and meet them even at the airport in Nepal! Among many reasons why travelers revisit Nepal is because of the warm and friendly Nepali people. Many visitors find equally exciting to stay at Nepali family or friends house, which helps them learn about the Nepali culture closely. It no doubt helps them cut-down accommodation budget. You can be sure that 99% of Nepalese won't say No if you ask them that you wanna stay in their home for they know Guest equals God! So if you want to learn about Nepali or you want to travel to Nepal with a limited budget, this is probably the coolest thing to do - make Nepali friends. Here is our advice on making friends, where to go on Internet and what to watch-out for.

Methods:

Making friends through friendship circle is perhaps the best way: Keep in touch with your friends at home and around, talk to them about your interest in visiting Nepal and you will be surprised someone in their friendship network might have already visited Nepal recently or in the past. Keep in touch with that person's Nepali friend or if you can take a gift for him on your friends behalf.

From Personal Home page : Go through Nepalese Personal Homepages : Contact them through email and write them about your plan to visit Nepal. For Personal Home page of Nepalese, visit the end of this page.

Via Nepalese Association : Nepalese are all over the world. There is perhaps an organization in your locality. These such organizations or associations help Nepalese living in those Areas. They often conduct events like Picnic, and celebrate Nepali festivals such as Dashain festival together. Visit such associations and make friends with members. They surely have a family or friends back home with you can stay. For web links on Nepali Associations visit the end of this page.

Via Epals Making Nepali e-pals is also easy. Visit the internet and find related resource. For more see web links at the end of this page.

Through Forums You can use message forums to post your request to stay with a family back in Nepal. Forums are available in most Nepali websites. Visit them today. Web links at the end of this page

Personnels Working in Hotels or Travel Companies Most Nepalese are under employed. Go check out some Travel companies, Hotel Companies in Nepal, find someone who works there and get in touch with him or her. You might think it's hard but its the number one choice for many. Now, you big bosses from hotels or travel companies, don't get upset, pay well to your staff first!

Please note : Not all Nepalese home are equipped with running hot water and modern bathrooms. They might not have an empty room for you either. But if that's OK with you, paying a little money to your friend's poor Nepalese family won't hurt your budget. So give them some cash, bring some gifts along with you and enjoy your stay in Nepali homes. You might also get bored staying in someone's home for too long. Whether you intend to stay at your friend's home or not, making Nepali friend is worth it. Try it today!

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