It was in September 2019 when I went for Everest Base camp trek in Nepal. I started trekking from Paphlu and trekked for almost 10 hours that day. I reached a wooden home stay in a small village on my way to Lukla. I was completely tired after such an eventful day.
The moment I entered the home stay it was a pretty cozy, the vibe hit me right. They had lit up the* tandoor *to keep the house warm from inside. It was late September and rains were still going on which made early morning and late evening cold.
The food had amazing Nepalese touch I believe; the soup was prepared with sweet reddish leaves along with some locally grown veggies in the backyard of the homestay.
The kitchen garden
The reddish soup
I was overwhelmed by the hospitality of the old women and her daughter who were managing the homestay. I shared bit about my journey with them, how I reached there and about my home country. The women told me amazing things and experiences of being so close to nature. She said something that I can never forget she said ''if something makes you happy, it doesn't have to make sense to others''. And it felt so right to me. I took a leave from the mother daughter after our heartfelt conversation and went to sleep.
Next morning had an early start at 6 am, I had to leave the homestay by then and trek towards Lukla. However, when I woke up my legs were so sore because of extreme fatigue of past road travel and trekking. The women at the homestay helped me with some warm water bag, I applied that and used my muscle relaxant which worked well.
And I truly believe that traveling is such a beautiful experience, and the interesting part is that we learn from both good and bad experiences. And we never forget how people make us feel. And I will never forget how my host that day made me feel at home.
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Wow, trekking for 10 hours must have been very hectic considering the fact that that area of Nepal would be a rocky terrain with a lot of steeps hills to scale.
Anyway, it's a good thing you found an accomodating homestay during the journey. Sounds like fun
Hey, thanks for writing. It was an amazing experience. The trek to EBC is a mix bag of all climbing up and down so all kind of muscular strength gets tested. The route I took to reach Lukla had more of easy to moderate trek with water crossings etc. A nice cosy place, meal and sleep makes it a win win experience at large :)
Loved reading your post. I can relate to what you said as I am very familiar with Nepal its culture and the Himalayan region.
I am glad you could relate to it :) Would love to hear about your Himalayan experience
Sure, I would soon publish a post in this community. Thanks...
I love to travel too because you will get to see different things, experiences and how people are doing that is different from your culture. I am glad you enjoyed the travel and also learned something from the host.
Thank you @princessbusayo for sharing your thoughts. I am glad to connect with like minded people. Keep visiting, hope to hear some of your travel experiences soon :)
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I didn't try the EBC trek but instead headed the other direction to the Langtang valley even though I have probably misspelled that :) It was a lot of work trekking in Nepal, but I think you can agree it was totally worth it. I cherish those memories for sure.
I am amazed to know you been to Langtang. What did you liked the most about that zone? I couldn't agree more Nepal has got too much to offer, provided all of us take care of the mountains :)
It was my first time taking on an activity of this type so mostly I was looking for something a bit easier that didn't involve tents and had showers. I liked that there were places to stay every 5-7 hours of trekking and even places to eat along the way. There were also clearly marked paths so getting lost wasn't something that was likely to happen. We were even able to leave some of our gear behind when we got about halfway and realized that we were carrying much more stuff than we needed. I really look forward to being able to go back there one day.
I will say this though. It was unreal to me how many flies there were in the wilderness out there. I can't even imagine what they were eating because there is literally nothing around for miles in any direction.
ahhh that's pretty nice to know. I wanted to challenge myself and it really helped me in life. Initial days were little difficult for me, but the majestic views were worth every effort :)