Imagine that in the Year 2068 the transportation abilities allow people to travel even farther in a quicker time than ever before. Where space travel is so advanced, people can live in space more than before. When fuel prices are even more outrageous and more advancement into hybrid cars are fully introduced world wide. When wars are going on, natural disasters happen on a greater scale than ever before, fresh water is dwindling, and terrorism is still a large threat.
In case you’re wondering, I just explained the year 2011. According to certain sources and reasons here in Nepal, many believe it to be the year 2068. For more background information about this reasoning Click Here.
Other than the large percent of people in the US who think Nepal is just mountains. Well, we’re in the farm land part close to the Indian border. Yes, it is as hot as Georgia in July. While all the other teams are up in the mountains wearing fleeces, sweatshirts, and blue jeans…lucky us.
Speaking of teams, in India debrief I have a new one! We are called Team PUSH-IT. The wonderful La Rosa Swiss couple are still with me. The new folks are Nikki Hiers, Amy Heiser, and Silas Cole. I didn’t really know where the heck we were until I got to see a map the other day. The first week here in Nepal seemed quite long.
Ending debrief in Hyderabad, India with recent team changes, we flew to Delhi in 3 groups. Since we had to wait for the 3rd group, I and others slept on our pads in the domestic arrival terminal at the Delhi airport…oh boy! Then, we took a bus, which we were told was a 15 hour drive…then were told it was a 33 hour bus ride while getting on it to reach Kathmandu, Nepal.
We got a chance to stop and see the Taj Mahal from a distance…still pretty awesome. About 13 hours into the bus ride we got rear-ended by a large transport truck. Don’t worry, we are all safe and fine, and the bags survived. So, with a wounded, but still great running bus, we pushed on towards the border. At about hour 32 of the ride we crossed the really sketchy and east to cross Nepal/India border.
We got a new bus, ate, got money from the ATM, and headed off again. We finally reached Kathmandu after 45 hours to sunrise and realizing it was pretty cold and amazingly beautiful landscape. Then, the next day my team and I rode about 7 hours around and over mountains to our very warm and remote village destination. Gotta Love World Race!
We are all safe and healthy. My surgery of removing my toenail has certainly not been fun, but I am finally able to walk around normally and not have a bandage on it. This is good since we do a lot of walking and what not while on the world race. Sorry for no pictures again, but you know how foreign computers are these days..haha. Have a great day!
