People often dream of the sublime, places that are so exotic to their personal experiences. I had the pleasure of having many wonderful friends from Nepal during my college experience. Hanging out with these wonderful people put Nepal on the top of my list of places to visit. In 2020 it finally happened. What do you think of when you hear the word Nepal? "I'm going to Kathmandu...", Bob Seger singing that classic song. Or is it Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summiting Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) for the first time on May 29, 1953? Maybe you don't know much about this exotic destination.  Nepal is situated in a very interesting place in the world. It's a "yam between two boulders", as the 18th century conqueror Prithvi Narayan Shah stated. It is bordered by China to the north where the mighty Himalaya range butts up to the Tibetan Plateau, while the eastern, western and southern borders have India as their neighbor.  There are many climate z...