Walking in Helambu


After the bad trip I took I went to an Israeli festival that took part next to Pokhara. The setting was an amazing place - on a gulf course in a beautiful area with an amazing view. The first night there was a performance of Ehud Banai. It was a very good performance that lasted over four hours. At the middle of the performance it started to rain and it didn't bother too much all the audience that continued to dance in the rain (I had an umbrella).

The next two days of the festival were full of live bands and Trans music (and a lot of drugs). I met a lot of people - but nothing too important.
I had a few days till Kagan came to Katmandu so I took the bus to Katmandu (was supposed to be a seven hour bus ride - but there was an avalanche on the way and we were stuck in the middle of the night on a road for six hours).
Instead of waiting for Kagan in Katmandu, I decided to go for a small trip in the area of the Valley of Helambu (not far from the valley of Langtang ).
this walk was in a humid forest (looked like a South American Rain Forest).
In one of the first villages I visited, a dog liked me and decided to join me for my walk (Lopsy and Cludia would be envious). I had to feed it Coconut biscuits and butter biscuits. I actually asked the locals what to do with the dog (since it belonged to somebody) and they said that in the end it would go back to its owner. It stayed with me till almost the end, when I gave it food and run away on a different path back to the village where there was a bus station.
On the second day, when it started to rain dogs and cats (it even hailed), I went back about 15 minutes to a house next to the trail. I spoke to owner of the house and asked to hide from the rain in his house. It was almost noon. He agreed and said something about school. After a while came in running and wet the principal and two teachers of the local school. I spent the next day talking to them and learning the ways of the local villages. Dad - a local secondary principal earns just under $100 a month! I stayed for lunch, dinner, sleep and breakfast. They showed me the local dance and masks of the Indrajatra festival
Making salty-butter tea (I really didn't like it - even back in Ladack with my Mom).
Reading (and teaching) the holy scriptures of the Mahabharat (the Bible of the Hindi). Notice the cradle that is hanging from the roof - maybe the baby will learn something.
The next day I continued walking with the clouds still hanging around and opening once in a while for a view of the mountains
I walked back to the village with the bus stop and took a bus to Katmandu to meet Kagan. 1
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