Over the Easter break we had the opportunity to go trekking
for 6 days with some friends including fellow BMS workers, Chris and Debbie
Drew. We were 5 adults, four children aged 6-9 and four teenagers. We travelled
less than two hours to the north side of Kathmandu and were trekking by 8.30am
on the first day. We spent 3 days heading north towards the Langtang mountain
range before turning East.
This is a very Tibetan area, most people coming from the
Sherpa people group. We enjoyed their cosy lodges with wood burning stoves and
delicious Tibetan bread, as well as the more commonly found chapatis and dhal
bhat (Lentil curry and rice).
We saw beautiful scenery, stunning terraced hillsides dotted
with villages, rhododendron forests just coming into bloom, yaks, jumas (half
yak, half cow) and of course, mountains. Sam and Mim even got to see their
first snow – which we were not very well prepared for!
The area we were trekking in was badly affected by the
Earthquake in 2015. We passed through many villages which seemed to be just
starting the rebuilding process, and stayed in two where nothing survived the
Earthquake. Many houses we saw and stayed in were built from corrugated iron
and wood. There was rebuilding starting everywhere but for many they have spent nearly 3 years in temporary accomodation. We were glad to see that the
rebuilding seems to be being done well, with lots of rebar (iron reinforcement
rods) being used. We were glad to be able to bring a little income into these
communities to help them with the rebuilding process.
EQ damaged houses stripped and left to balance. |
A village we stayed in the second night, every house was destroyed |
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