A trip to beautiful Nepal offers more than a pocketful of amazing memories

A profound experience: The columnist riding an elephant after helping to bathe the animal.

WHEN I was a child, I remember being beside myself with excitement at Christmas because I could not wait to open my presents. Thinking back, what excited me more than the presents themselves was the mystery of not knowing what was inside the ‘box’.

I had a similar feeling only two months ago when I discovered I was going to a place I had never been to before.