Once training was about 3/4 finished, the twenty of us were sent off in groups of 2 on a two night journey, just to see if we could survive. My friend, Tom, and I ended up in Barabise.
We got there fine, learning all about the Nepali bus system, found our
hotel, watched ladies working at a paper factory for a while, went on a
hike, and suddenly realized we were going to be board out of our minds
with a whole other day to spend there. So, the next day we decided to go two hours further up the road to Tatopani where there were some famous hot springs.
We never actually went to the hot springs though. We discovered lots of other cool things to do.
Like look at beautiful waterfalls.
And walking to China.
It may not sound super cool in the retelling, but it made our day. It even almost made up for the 2 hour delay in our bus ride, waiting to be checked out for smuggled goods.
It was during that 4 hour bus ride that I learned that there's no such thing as a full bus in Nepal, a truth I've experienced over and over again since then. I think half the people got off before I got the chance to take this picture.
We never actually went to the hot springs though. We discovered lots of other cool things to do.
It may not sound super cool in the retelling, but it made our day. It even almost made up for the 2 hour delay in our bus ride, waiting to be checked out for smuggled goods.
