What Damage to the Kathmandu Sights from the April 25th Earthquake?
Wow, I guess you expect miracles! How can you expect Tauck to answer this question now, barely 24 hours after the disaster when I would assume they will be busy finding out if they have any Tauck clients in the area that need rescue or help. You are not due to go until November, my suggestion would be to wait and see if Tauck contact you in the coming weeks when they have been safely able to send in their team 'on the ground' to assess the suitability of continuing the tour there, modifying it, or giving you a choice of another tour or your money back. This kind of situation is not new to Tauck, think back to numerous world disasters that occur each year, even 9/11. I have met several Tauck clients in the past who have been affected and very satisfied with how Tauck has handled a tour after a disaster, sending in planes to bring clients back, offering a different tour and so on. Right now, especially as your tour is so long in the future maybe you should be concerned about all the loss of life. I am sure other clients who may be going in the very near future will contact Tauck by phone and not rely on a forum that is generally used by Tauck clients. I don't know how often the Tauck Moderator checks in but maybe he will be manning the extra phone calls tomorrow instead.
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Since yesterday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake, powerful aftershocks continue to shake the region, and news agencies are reporting that more than 2,400 people are dead.
Water and food are in short supply for survivors, and aid is urgently needed. Tens of thousands of people are living in the open or in makeshift shelters, unable to return home for fear their houses will collapse in the next aftershock. Tonight, they face another night in the cold. Oxfam and partners are launching a major effort to provide emergency food, clean water, and safe sanitation to survivors of the quake. The coming hours and days will be absolutely critical to our response.
Since yesterday morning, the outpouring of generosity in this tragic moment has been truly inspiring. More than 4,600 people have donated in support of our relief efforts.
If you haven't done so already, I wanted to take this moment to ask you to join them. Please, donate now to the Nepal Earthquake Relief and Recovery Fund. Every dollar will be spent wisely.
For more details, below is yesterday's email. Thank you, sincerely, for your support and for everything that you can do to help.
Raymond C. Offenheiser
President
Oxfam America
To wake in Australia this morning to increasingly dreadful news from Nepal does tend to focus your mind. The country is a very popular destination for Australians and New Zealanders. There would be hundreds in the region now. And news is just coming through that, as suspected, we have had deaths on Mount Everest.
All we can do is help ... and pray. And as suggested by one caller to local radio this morning, donate blood or plasma to your local Red Cross Blood Service. Health professionals heading for Nepal will be taking major supplies with them for emergency use in the field. We all need to keep our local supplies up as a consequence.
What a terrible thing to happen. Hopefully we can all help the people of Nepal who are suffering so terribly.
Jan
How sad. How tragic. How revealing that a call for compassion and charity and a suggestion for the gift of blood would flow down such a depressing path. Just awful, in every way.
Jan
Thank you for your patience as we continue to monitor the situation in Nepal. Currently, the safety and security of our partners and in-country teams are our priority. I am sure you have all seen the photos of the devastation and rising death tolls, it is far too early for us to clearly assess how our our tours will be affected by the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks. We will be keeping a close eye on the situation and will be updating our guests as we learn more.
Best,
Emily