thealternate One

At least the previous day’s sleep was blissful, I slept peacefully. Woke up at around 4 am, freshened up. We were heading towards Dolkha Bhimsen temple that was about an hour from there. At around 5 am everyone was ready. The environment there was calm and peaceful. The chill air energized everyone. Me, Paritran and Sajan were a bit ahead and trusted on Google map for direction. Not that Google map was wrong but we took wrong trail by mistake and were almost 15 minutes off the track, then we took the main road. I and Paritran were ahead after this and we reached Dolkha Bhimsen Temple ahead of others. After everyone arrived we worshipped the shrine there, took photos obviously and headed towards bus stop. We had breakfast at the nearby tea shop. There Manish was in highlight once again. He was complaining about gastritis as if it were severe and the owner of the shop gave us home-made remedy for curing it. She told us combination of ginger, dubo , and co can prevent gastritis effect...

Tired and exhausted, and a little bit of drink, to give my body some sort of relaxation and to give my mind some sort of serenity; I thought that I would fall asleep fairly easily and quickly; but alas! How misled I was! The constant aching in the calf region of both legs was bearable but was just enough to cause distress and prevent my sleep. The constant but sudden awakening of Manish, the loud snoring of Bikram did no good at all. The bed was bit cold and not that comforting at all. A constant trepidation that the whole night would pass awake with pain and ache was all over me. Maybe I slept for a couple of periods of one and half hour, I guess. The sleep early in the morning, from around 4 am to 6 am, must have been the sweetest, and I was in no condition to wake that early, but as soon as I heard that weather outside was so, so beautiful I could not just lie in the bed anymore. I dragged myself away from the relative comfort and warmth of the bed and the room to notice how mesme...

As usual I woke up at 5:00 am, freshened up and did a little bit of stretching. I then checked my bag to see that I was optimally packed (just some clothes, water bottles, snacks)! The only thing I was waiting now was the clock to indicate 6:45 am. Excited and rejoiced about the trip I departed from my home hoping to reach Suryabinayak at 7:15 am where I would take the bus to Charikot. All my excitement temporarily ceased when I had to wait for almost half an hour in Suryabinayak as the bus was delayed due to certain circumstances. However, first step inside the bus and the greetings from friends, Sajan Bhandari and Paritran Shakya, rekindled the joyous spirit within me. The bus ride until Dhulikhel was ordinary, as it was my usual route to classes. Three more friends, Bikram Khadka, Manish VK and Durga Kandel, got on the bus in Dhulikhel. Not much eventful journey primarily because the ambient temperature was not so pleasing; at least not for me. It’s in my genes that I can’t tole...