ʻO ke kolu o ka paʻi ʻana o ka eTN Summit no ka Nepal Tourism Board ua hauʻoli i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 110 ʻoihana huakaʻi o Kaleponi Hema i loaʻa i ka ʻōlelo mai ka Luna Nui o ka Papa Hoʻokele Nepal a me ke Kakauolelo Hui o ka Ministry of Tourism Nepal: “Ua wehe ʻo Nepal no. ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi."
Ma luna o ka Mōʻīwahine Mary kaulana ma Long Beach, Kaleponi, a ma ka Queen Salon hanohano, ua hauʻoli ka poʻe loea huakaʻi i ka ʻaina awakea a kipa pū me nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi 13 e hele mai ana mai Nepal.
Ua hele mai nā ʻelele mai Los Angeles, Orange County a me San Diego.
Ua kākau ka luna huakaʻi ʻo AnneMarie Smith i ka mea hoʻopuka eTN ʻo Juergen Steinmetz:
“He hanana nui. He ʻano like ʻole nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻoluʻolu, a me ka ʻike. Ua aʻo nui mākou. He mea kupanaha kou lawe ʻana mai i kēia mau mea kūʻai aku e hui pū me mākou. E like me kaʻu i haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe, ʻaʻole ʻike nā luna i kekahi mea e pili ana iā Nepal. Pīhoihoi au i ka ʻae ʻana o kekahi mau hoa ma kaʻu papaʻaina ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike i hea ʻo Nepal!!!! Maikaʻi ua hoʻoponopono mākou i kēlā.
“Maikaʻi ka ʻaina awakea, hauʻoli mākou i ka hui a kamaʻilio pū me nā mea kūʻai aku ʻekolu i noho pū me mākou. Maikaʻi ka lohe hou aku ma kahi kūlana hoʻomaha.
"Mahalo nui mākou iā ʻoe no ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻokele kaʻa, hauʻoli mākou i ka noi ʻole ʻana o ke kiaʻi puka i ke kālā hou, ua uku piha ʻia kāu tiketi.
“Ua ʻimi au iā ʻoe ma mua o koʻu haʻalele ʻana; Ua makemake au e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kekahi mea. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ʻo Raju of Sea Links a nīnau aku iā ia inā e hāʻawi ʻo ia iā ʻoe; e ʻimi iā ia e kiʻi mai iā ia. He mea hoomanao iki ia kakou.
“E maikaʻi a hauʻoli hoʻi, mahalo iā ʻoe no ka mālama ʻana i kahi hanana nui. Mahalo, AnnaMarie”
Ma ka Pōʻalima, aia ka eTN Nepal Summit ma ka Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel ma Kapalakiko, a ʻo ka ʻahaʻaina Gala o ka Pōʻakahi ma ka Hotele Westin ma Seattle. Ua wehe mau ʻia nā inoa inoa hope loa.
