in Sindhupalchok , Nepal
after Chanaute , we leave further to another village in Kartige
the kind villagers of Chanaute
villagers waiting for a bus to go to Kartige.
bus will pass through the village two times in a day ,
a morning bus to Kathmandu and afternoon bus to Kartige
village kids accompanying me while waiting for a bus to Kartige.
they offered me some biscuits and slices of apples upon knowing that
i just had only instant noodles for lunch.
i was assigned to transport all 15 duffle bags approx 25kg each by bus to Chanaute.
other team members will go to Kartige by walking on mobile-clinic basis ,
that is to treat any patients that they meet along the way.
villagers kind enough to help me with the heavy bags.
I thought my previous ride in the mountains in
Khardung-La , Ladakh ( click here ) was the most hardcore ride i've ever been to ,
but this bus ride from Chanaute and Kartige was beyond my imagination.
the bus full of paasengers rides through unpaved mountain roads ,
crossing waterfalls , landslides and steep cliffs.
at times we have to stop for a while to remove big rocks that fell on the road
from the cliffs so that the bus can continue the journey.
reached Kartige after about 1 hour journey.
Kartige is the last stop for any vehicle on this route ,
as beyond Kartige the road was badly damaged by landslide , making it
inaccessible to any mobile vehicle.
that also means that relief supplies can't reach the villages beyond Kartige.
alone in Kartige , while waiting for other team members to arrive.
the extend of the damaged caused by the earthquake.
seeing me alone , i was approached by a group of villagers.
they used to work in Malaysia , but unluckily were not treated good in Malaysia.
while talking to me , with a long stare and playing with their Gurkha knife in
a threatening manner , they told me that they were hit by a group Tamil gangsters
while in Malaysia. i was quite scared that time , but luckily there were
other kind villagers , French Relief Team and Nepal army around ,
so no harm was done to me.
but most of Nepal people are very kind and friendly.
this guy can talk in Malay language fluently as he used to work in a Teppanyaki
restaurant in KLCC for few years.
" itu Cina banyak pandai. Tamil orang suka banyak curi. Malayu banyak malas " .
as told by him when i asked about his experience working in Malaysia.
" mau datang kerja di Malaysia lagi ka? " , I asked.
" macam mana mau pergi Malaysia lagi. itu bangunan buat passport ( immigration )
sudah runtuh ( due to eathquake ) .
lagi mcm mana mau buat passport? " he replied.
he became my companion while waiting for other team members to arrive.
and when our team arrived , he helped me to gather villagers to help carry
the duffle bags to our next camp site , Base Camp 2
near a waterfall further along the road.
Day 4 in Nepal
GEC Nepal Medical Relief MissionTeam 1
4th to 11th May 2015
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