Aventyrsresor- Helambu Trek – Daily Dispatches

28 of March Tarkeyang to Timbu/Dhulikhel

We woke up early and opened our window. Looking up towards our previous night camp, we could see that it had been snowing in the higher mountains during the night. We had breakfast in the kitchen, porridge and pancakes with honey.

On our descent to Timbu, we passed by a man collecting “brannasslor” for the dinner soup. Tendi started to talked with him. He told him that his niece just had left her husband in a cave, just above Tarkegyang, where he would meditate for three years, three months and seven days. By doing so, he hopes to become reincarnated. We asked how it felt to leave him for so long, and they said they were happy for him. After leaving them, Tendi told us that there were three persons reincarnated in his home- village. Reincarnation happens one or two years after a person has died, and it is recognized when the child is two to three years old, starting to speak perfectly at this early age. This boy has to prove that he has been reincarnated by pointing out thing that used to belong to him in his previous life. Tendi has seen this happen with his own eyes in his home village.

We reached Timbu at 11h , and it was already very hot. We were met by a jeep from Peak Promotions and started our bumpy way through the valley. It was very dusty and hot! On the way we passed by many villagers, working on their field, collecting rice and wheat. After three hours we reached our hotel in Dhulikhel. We had a really nice lunch at the terrace and checked in to our rooms with balconies overlooking the valley. This peaceful place feels luxurious after our five day trek in Helambu.

Tendi is still with us and now we also have company by Jiwan, the web programmer of Peak Promotions, who is now helping us with this blog!

28 March, 2010- Tarkeyang to Timbu/Dhulikhel