Flat owners balk at return to high-life after earthquake

His luxury flat had views of the Himalayas to make the heart soar, but Dan Bahadur Budhathoki is going to take some persuading to move back into Kathmandu's 17-story Park View Horizon apartment block.

Budhathoki was at home on April 25 when Nepal was hit by its deadliest earthquake in eight decades and felt the ground sway under his feet.

"I was really frightened," said Budhathoki, the boss of a local temporary employment agency who has been living in his office since the disaster struck.