Of to a bad start
It’s finally time, I’m travelling to asia where I’ll be travelling the coming three months. Wow, very exiting again.
My preparation was a bit messy this time. Strangely enough, the last two weeks I’ve been busy with all kinds of stuff, except preparing for my trip. On the day I leave I find out my bag doesn’t close up, bummer, I’ve got too much stuff and I’m also running late. A friend who takes me to Schiphol airport is already at the door. So I have no choice, just close up my backpack and I’ll keep my sleeping bag in my hand.
My flight to Kathmandu is delayed and I have a layover of 10 hours in Mumbai India. I try to sleep at a fastfood restaurant, but I’m barely able to close my eyes, it’s a very long 10 hours.
Around 07:00 AM I decide to ‘get up’ and drink some water at the faucet that says drinking water. Am I stupid or what? This is not an option here, beginners mistake. This will come back to hound me later.
Kathmandu, I’m back
Once I arrived in Kathmandu I feel so tired and I look it as well. I take care of my papers for Tibet and drop down on a very comfortable bed in a bit up scale hotel.
What a bliss, I get served momo’s in my room and feel like a rich person.
Kathmandu is always dusty, busy and it takes time to get used when arriving from the Netherlands.
I walk around the city for two days and because of the Dashain festival there is a calm atmosphere. A lot of locals have left for the villages to celebrate the festival with family.
The consequences of the 2015 earthquake are still visible.
Sick
I don’t feel like or have the energy to do anything. At that moment I feel as I need to adjust and have a burned out feeling. There seems to be something else at play here, the water from India! The next two days I spent my time regularly on the toilet and feel miserable. I’ve just booked a ticket to Lumbini and have to fly tomorrow. Too tired and cold to think about it, I fall asleep in my new extra warm sleeping bag. Happy I brought it along, it’s already worth it!
The flight is delayed and when somebody at the gate talks to me, sweat is dripping along my spine. I excuse myself and put my head back on my backpack. Finally I arrive in the hotel in Lumbini, where I immediately fall a sleep in my bed. I’m being bitten by a lot of mosquitos and found out I didn’t close my hotel room door. Welcome mosquitos and long live the safe environment of Lumbini!
Lumbini
After three days lying in bed, I go to Lumbinipark, a park with many temples. The day after I visit the area where Buddha used to live in his childhood years. Exhausted by this relaxed tour I lay down in bed. Travelling takes up a lot of energy this way.
The next day, while travelling on the back of a motorbike, I stop at two important temples and the birthplace of Buddha, impressive! The following day I’m in a bus for twelve hours driving to Kathmandu, what a distance. This time I take Loperamide, this ceases all bowl movement.
All will be well I tell myself, and again I fall asleep in the bouncy bus. Tomorrow I fly to Tibet.
See blogpost Tibet; https://www.marianaroundtheworld.com/en/asia/the-roof-of-the-world-tibet-my-dream-destination/
This is not the way I imagened my second visit to Nepal would be. I think I have to visit Nepal once more.
To be continued…
