“In this village, there is no access to internet, TV and the electricity is intermittent – so I was unaware of the enormity of the situation.
“I came to Pokhara two days ago thinking I would use the internet to tell them I was okay. When I got to a computer, I saw that my sister had launched a Facebook appeal for me.
“From my perspective, this was bizarre as it was business as usual in Pokhara.”
Mr Warner, who has been travelling around Sri Lanka and India for the past five months, said he believes he was lucky as he had decided to postpone a visit to Kathmandu on Saturday, which suffered huge damage.
“I didn’t want to come back to the stress of London just yet, so I thought I would delay it,” he said.
“It’s a good thing I did.”
He added: “I don’t know anyone who is still missing.”
Former JFS student Jonathan Hikmet, 25, has also been found safe.
