Kathmandu

Hello Everyone!
We arrived safe in Kathmandu yesterday after a 12 hour bus ride from Sahvila.
The day before we trekked for almost 11 hours.....6 uphill through rain soaked trails and very steep grades. we then descended for another 4 hours to the village.....arriving around 7 pm.
Our bus was leaving at 5:45 am so after some dinner we all collapsed and tried to get some sleep.
We left for Kathmandu and to say that we were on a road would be pushing it! It was more like a better kept hiking trail! The bus was a Tata which are used all over Nepal and India....but the important element is the driver....and right awawy I could tell that he was good at his job!
And right awawy we hit some obstacles....the first being a downed tree in our path. So a few of us got out and with a Nepalese knife or kurkuri we managed to cut the tree and toss it down the hillside.
So we were on our bumpy way again.....until...the road was blocked by a slide of stone that had also collapsed part of the road.So....a few of us got out and began to heave large stones and boulders out of the path and helped to fill in the missing part of the road. The bus then was able to creep across this hastily constructed area. I want to relate that if the bus was to "go over the edge" it would be a 600 to 800 foot drop!
So...we are on our way again...until...another big rock slide with a landslide about 50 feet long further up the road.
At this point....the driver and the other passengers started debating about what we were going to do? Do we wait for another bus to come from the other direction.....do we walk to the next village? Then Amber and i suggerst that instead of sitting aroung discussing.....WE ACT...and start to clear away the mud, dirt rock and debris.
So we get to it.....mostly our 3 Jewels Team. Seeing us in knee deep mud hand clearing all this mess....some of the others...who up until now had not pitched in....began to go at it!
3 hours later....covered in mud and exhausted....the bus negotiates the path we cleared....with some group pushing!
And we are on our way....shortly leaving the path and getting onto actual pavement!
After almost 12 hours we arrived in Kathmandu and I took a taxi to the Potala Guest House....took a much over due shower...got a quick bite to eat and collapsed into bed!
Amber has often said that Buddha preached that when one does good things...they must be prepared to be critisized....questioned and face obstacles! It is the way it is! And one can face such things with "woe is me"...or "keep on keeping on!"
I will be posting pictures shortly....as soon as I can figure out how to negotiate the "thingy" that lets me do that!
On a personal note......the bus ride took more out of me that the trek itself....today I have what Jim C. would call "Hobbilage"!
Be back soon
Tillie