We started our journey in a group of fifteen friends .Our enthusiasm and excitement for this adventure was at point. After all, we just had our thesis, those sleepless night, jury has came to an end so this call from one of the Himalayas of Nepal, Langtang Region was a much needed break for every one of us.
We started our journey with 6-7 hours drive from Kathmandu to Syaprubesi. We planned to start our journey the same day with little warm up of 4-5 hours reaching to our accommodation for the day in Khamjing.
Second day started with every all of us giggling around, messing around, and having breakfast in the hills with sounds of horses nearby in the yard. We then took up our bag, hold the stick, wore the cap and started our walk from Khamjing to a target of River side. As we were in a large group, we always ended up splitting in more groups, so we used to mention a spot before our walk, to wait for every people to come by and that acted as our lunch and rest spot. After hours of walk, Nepali thali served with such authenticity and local taste is all to set your tummy a happy energy. You will find food so yummy yet simple during any trek. You should also be ready for the facts that the shop have limited number of electricity so better use your electrical gadget in proper way.
We always managed to look after everyone of our friends,and walk and decide the spot accordingly for accommodation. A long muddy way when provides you with a surprising grassland out of no where in the middle of your heavy walk, those spaces just brighten you up mean while during night times, we all will walk more together having quality time through singing, eating and walking. Seeing your final spot of the day sets you relaxed. Everyone will come round to a born fire with balms, ointment relaxing one another muscular pain. During any trek, a proper mindset which says to live and bare in any condition you are provided must be made. We managed to stay outdoors as rooms were all occupied in some station but had the most amazing experience to recall.
From river side to kyanjinggomba, as it differs in altitude, we must walk making our body adapt to air and environment. We had our lunch in langtang valley and headed to KyanjingGomba, Unaware of the altitude sickness, we kept walking without adapting our body, I guess after all we have seen wider and flat path since days, so in a hust we kept walking. This hustle made some of my friends experience altitude sickness so we managed to take them back running to langtang valley. While another group of our team has managed to reach to Kyanjinggompa. During our hustle and run, we experience white drops, white cottons coming all by from the sky. Some of us experienced snow for the first time, that snow let us forget the leg pain, sickness and everything in a minute.
Next day me and our group of friends walked from langtang valley to kyanjinggomba,to reach to our friends. Hospitality and help offered from local were always appreciated at that point , from stabilizing our altitude sick friend to contacting our other group of friends. Reaching to kyanjing seeing rivers, mountain all took our pain and struggle away. We met our friends, took a hike to kyanjingri and stayed the night in kyanjinggomba. We were lucky enough to catch up the Sherpa wedding in the same day. Experiencing different culture during any travel gives you immense satisfaction. We spent our night there dancing , playing, giggling around. All walks were made worth it by the environment of kyanjing.
Idea of trek which excited us at beginning, the same trek after it is done memorize us with it’s lots of areas.We got to see,learn and explore cultures that are still unknown to us , interacting and making new friends. Most importantly the peace and calmness which lead us to journey was obtained in a extend. We got to see different behavior patterns of nature through out our journey ; majestic mountain all covered in snow in rainy day to shattered snow in hills in a sunny day, grassland to some ground place, from rivers to glacier, Mother nature showed us different pattern of her existence. And most importantly, we 15 friends learnt more to a team work and gifted which so much of memory that will excite us for another trek in coming time.
Written By: Aakriti Nepal, Architect Engineer
