Monday, April 4, 2011

The Departure ( to Gurje Village)


Waking up at 545am in the morning, I rush to the Amadablam at 630, knowing the boys wouldn’t have get themselves ready for the trip. As predicted, they just hang around leisurely eating their tiffin (snack).
As the time approaching 7am and the boys from Sugar Loaf and Solhimal Boys gathered  at the Amadablam compound and leaving for the bus, only 4 of my boys turn up and trying to pack their blankets and vegetables.

It is 21 of us, trying to get into a bus to the bus station name Bus Park in the Ring Road. Initially, the conductor told us it is 12 rupees per person but when we get off the bus, he decided to ask for 15 rupees after seeing foreigner with the kids.
We argue with him leave him with the total of 252 rupees for 21 of us.
We start searching for the correct bus to Gurje. It was buses everywhere and people are shouting out names of location. We have no idea where can we get the bus to Gurje since no one can correctly point out the exact location of the Gurje Bus.

We walk back and for , loitering on the street which is about 2km long , trying to figure out whre to catht the bus. After over an hour with 21 of us walking along the Ring Road, we finally found the location of the bus to Gurje.

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