Nepal Day 2

Woke up very early as Nepal is 2hrs and 15mins behind local time ... eyes widely opened at about 4am (Nepal time)

Had our breakfast at "blood sucking" restaurant near to our hotel --> RM15 for a breakfast set !!

Once we finished our breakfast, walked to the bus station to meet with Anil & the gang to take a bus ride to Gathicina.

At first, we were seated INSIDE the crampy and small bus ...

But after awhile some of us were on top of the bus :P and looked like this

I enjoyed the ride so much ... dangerous ... thrilling ... bumpy ... fast ... scary ...

Nice scenery can be seen on top of the bus

After 45mins of fun ride, the real challenge came. We had to walk on pebbles and tall grass ... crossed three rivers where the currents can sweep you away and hike for 45mins !

This is just the beginning ....


Not easy to balance ourselves coz the stones and pebbles are slippery and sharp. The currents made things worst.


But we finally made it ... with one person fell down & lost one pair of slippers and another person lost one side of the slipper.

This is the trail we took and hiked for 45 mins ... so tough ... i was panting and gasping for air coz was not prepared at all ...

But i was immediately ok the moment i saw this kind of honor given to all of us ... all the school kids lined up and gave us a big clap

Then, we were seated under the hot sun :P .. it was so hot that i felt like chicken being BBQ

We gave away few tables and chairs for the school kids ...

We teached them songs, how to brush their teeth, played games and made balloon sculptures for them.

After all the activities were done, they served us with their local snack - sel roti made from rice flour ... hmnn ... i can only say am not a fan of this snack :D

We left Gathicina after spending for about 2hrs there and they honored us with a lot of flowers until bees were around us ....

Again, we were seated on top of bus on the way down from Gathicina but it was a little harder to come down from the root top as the metal staircase broken. So, basically we had to jump and it took me awhile to come down ... thanks to Anil who offered his hand for me to step on (thanks bro)

All of us were dirty but extremely happy with the trip to Gathicina. It was great despite having had to cross 3 rivers and hiked for 45 mins. The laughter from the kids made everything worthwhile and of course the bus ride. I dare to say this is the best bus ride i ever had in my life so far.

Dinner on that night was special as we celebrated the birthday of Phaik Sim and Paili. We went to this high end restaurant ( Moondance) near to our hotel.

It's a nice restaurant with good food and i ordered their signature dish - Moondance Steak

The night ended pretty early coz the next day we are going to watch SUNRISE !!

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