We headed back south to start heading to Beni. We had to go thru the landslides again, only this time they were extremely dangerous.
It had again rained hard during the night, so the rocky landslides were very slippery and steep. We really had to use our trekking poles today as we dug the poles in deep to try to stabalise ourfooting as we crossed. There were about 6 landslide crossings to make and none were easy. My shirt and face were all sweat as we carefully made our way across.
Often Laxman and Briel held onto me for safety, sometimes Laxman walked backwards to be able to face me and guide me, while Briel held onto my back. Good as I certainly didn't want to fall down into that even crazy river today!
After that the walk was easy enough most of it was an easy walking trail or even road. After 3 hours walking, we then decided to catch the bus to Beni to save us time. We still had another 3 hours to go while the bus would take just over an hour.
The bus ride though was no easy experience. It too had to go over landslides and had hard time going up the steep hills. There were some turns where perhaps some of the wheels were no longer on the road and it felt like the bus was going to tip over on its side. I was just as scared of the bus ride as I was walking! Maybe even more scared as here I had NO control of what was happening.
We did make it to Beni though. It was a big town but there was not much to do there. So after lunch we decided to head back to Pokhara. This involved 2 more bus rides and a crazy 3 hour wait inbetween!
On the final bus we were sitting on the rooftop like the locals which was scary at first especially when you are hit by tree branches, but it was fun also. When it started to rain we had to inside the bus though.
we didn't reach Pokhara till 9.30pm - I think this was our longest day yet. It didn't help that we had problems with the hostel we were due to stay at.
In any case we were safe. We skipped dinner and just passed out.
Ciao for now...
