I fulfilled another dream in 2018, which was to trek in Nepal. Years ago, an older colleague from China ever said to me that there are many famous mountains to visit in China, like 黄山, so why go Nepal. But from young, I hear the adults raving about “去Nepal爬山”. It sounded challenging, like something that needed endurance and perseverance to conquer, like running long distant which I enjoyed but is not good at.
After years of talking about it, I finally got a few kakis to go. Went with Lili, Ginny, Jocelyn, and 2 other friends. I do not know much about the country; the impression that I got from this trip was that it’s a poor country. In order to write this post, I googled, and what I read confirmed the impression. It’s economy is largely based upon agriculture and tourism. It’s capital, Kathmandu, where all tourists put up at before departing for various kinds of trails, is like a rural town rather than a city. There isn’t any nicely pathed roads, nor any tall buildings. At a place where we stayed over one of the nights, buildings affected by the major earthquake in 2015 was simply left partially standing. To a city girl like me, I feel out of place and sad.
The trail that we choose was supposed to be an extremely easy one. While the long daily hikes was not much of an issue for me, the terrain was. I’m not good at slopes, which are essential part of mountain trekking. So luckily we choose the easiest trail, or else I couldn’t imagine how badly I will fare.
After this trip, I’m done with mountain climbing. I would like to explore national parks next. The flatter ones would be ideal for me. Maybe Japan would have such trails?
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