No No No - Day 6

I slept well only for half of the night but woke up at around 3am probably because of the bright moon outside our bedroom window.

In the morning, we had Thukpa and Chowmein for breakfast. Jhule mountain resort offers good food. From Jhule, we headed for the Shivapuri National Park. In the entrance to the park, a military guard we asked for directions from, know only one English word, NO. To all our questions, he said NO NO NO. Since we couldn’t get anything from him, we decided to take the road with no tree covering.

We ended up walking from Jhule at 10am to 2pm with brief stopovers for “minor” and water/trail food break. We only bumped into two hiking groups, one big group composed of many tourists and one guide. The guide commented on our team, European friend, Asian friend cute.  

After more than a couple of hours and not seeing other hikers except for military personnel patrolling the area, we came up of ways of amusing ourselves by exaggerating Rhododendron.  

We walked through a dirt road with lots of pine trees and rhododendrons growing along it.

At around 2pm, we saw settlements again, so we had lunch in the first dining place in Mulkaphar from where the pipeline goes down to Sundarijal. I was the only one who ate since Nadine was not feeling well.

 

Turned out there was an entrance fee for Shivapuri from this end, so we were charged entrance fee as we are exiting the Shivapuri National Park. I decided to go to a toilet in Sundarijal and it was wild welcome to Nepal toilets. I won’t even wish that sight to my worst enemy.

 

From Sundarijal, we took a bus to Kathmandu and were seated with a fun bunch of locals. Two well-dressed ladies, complete with accessories, came from working on the field and were carrying their goods. Some of the passengers in the bus were buying their goods from them. The trip was less than hour and we were already in Kathmandu. There was a commotion when one of the guys forgot to pay the ladies. Thus, one lady had to run after him. The whole bus was into the drama.

We did not know which part of Kathmandu we will get off from the bus. Due to the limited English of the conductor we had no choice but to get off at Puaay? Or something that sounded like that.  Good thing there was already a taxi waiting where we got off so we got in it and asked to be brought to Dhumbarai for about P100. Kathmandu center was a stark contrast to the quietness of the surrounding valley rim.

As soon as we arrived in Kathmandu, it was uber-nice to finally get a hot shower after three days of trekking. Best feeling ever. However, Nadine’s sickness worsened during the night. Good thing Joerg had natural medicines. We slept early for the following day, since we will head for the Last Resort, where we will be doing the jump.