Early in the morning (5am) I left as pillion passenger on a motorcycle. We rode outside the city to a vantage point. From there we hoped to get a view of the Himalayas and especially Mt Everest. There was a slight miscalculation - due to my weight, the motorcycle had difficulty pulling up the hills. We arrived late at our destination. The sun was already up. Everest lay to the East of our vantage point. The highest mountain in the world was visible and we could see it, but a haze hid it from clear view.
However, I could see the Himalayas. As the minutes past and the sun got higher, it looked like those magnificent mountains were growing taller.
The view was breathtaking - not just the mountains, but the green hills and the valley.
We had a good breakfast in a resort hotel.
Too soon we had to leave because we had an appointment at 10.30am.
In the meanwhile traffic has built up on the main road to Kathmandu. My guide and companion, Beki, tells me that if we go the other way, we would arrive at the Tibet/Chinese frontier. My imagination starts to wander to a ministry trip that we could possibly do ...
The state of the road and the heavy traffic doesn’t allow me to dream for long.
It’s hard to believe but we arrive at our destination punctually.
We are at Youth with a Mission base. For the next two hours we minister to the participants of the DTS.
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