Durbar Square
16 april 2017, Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 14 °CAfter the Monkey Temple we drove to Durbar Square. If you've seen any videos of the earthquake, it's probably of this area. There are very old buildings here and many of them were damaged in theLäs mer
After the Monkey Temple we drove to Durbar Square. If you've seen any videos of the earthquake, it's probably of this area. There are very old buildings here and many of them were damaged in theLäs mer
The next stop was this stupa which is the largest in Nepal. It enshrines the remains of one of the Buddhas. It is a huge round structure of many levels. On the street level their are prayer wheelsLäs mer
We have chosen to do this trek with only the four of us, Elizabeth, Reig, Jon and me, in the group. We were not trying to be anti-social, but we have planned a trek that's a bit different than theLäs mer
We ate breakfast and then checked out just as a car and driver and our guide, Bijay, showed up. We loaded up the vehicle and headed for the airport for our 11:00 am flight to Phaplu.
We arrived atLäs mer
It was a crazy, bumpy ride through the mountains to the Phaplu airport. You ascend from Katmandu but then you never really go back down.
To land you go through a pass so close to the mountains thatLäs mer
We stopped in Phaplu at a tea house for lunch and water and then we started off towards Junbesi.
It was so awesome to be finally walking. At every turn there was something interesting to see. NotLäs mer
After breakfast we started off to the monastery. It was a lovely 2.5 km hike up and it was a beautiful, sunny day.
Once at the monastery, we were welcomed by a monk and shown two of the places whereLäs mer
Elevation - 2720 m
We left the Monastery and started off for Ringmu. It was a beautiful walk but it was mostly uphill and we were pretty tired when we rolled into Ringmu. In total we walked 20 kmLäs mer
Elevation - 1680 m
Today we walked 19 km and, no word of a lie, it was all steeply downhill and very rocky. Every step down was a precarious balancing act. Because we were decending, it was very warmLäs mer