A trip from Jumla to Rara Lake in Mugu and Bajura in Nepal

This travel diary is from my  trip  to Rara Lake via Jumla and then down to Kolti and back to Surkhet done in August 2009.

Day 1 – Surkhet to Jumla

Excursion to the greatest lake in Nepal, Rara, was a single but instead elating knowledge. I was going solo and my arrangement was to trek up there from Jumla to Rara, Mugu and the go down to Bajura,and get to the fields from that point. I stayed a healing center in Surkhet with a companion who was a specialist there. That acquainted me with the what the general population up north in the most undeveloped piece of Nepal were encountering. Surkhet is a door to the Karnali district including a portion of the far west like Bajura. The little 10 to 15 seater planes hold flights to Khalanga in Jumla, Taalcha in Mugu and Kolti in Bajura. (Jumla has solidified runaways, others don't.) 

I traveled to Jumla in the wake of getting hard earned tickets (its like a transport stop where first start things out serve framework is set up yet then the planes would rather take rice and other load things in the seats than travelers, more productive for them). Finally i got changed from Sita Air to Yeti Air since Sita Air plane's tires had blasted open while arriving to lift us up. 

To stop the long story, I arrived in Khalanga Airport in Jumla (likewise called Jumla Airport). I took my knapsack and advanced toward locate a nearby lodging since I thought it was best to spend the day here at a higher height (2340 meters). In transit I couldn't see enormous sacks of apples that local people were attempting to offer at super modest (26 rupees a kilo, at Kathmandu it costs 5 times more than that). They looked newly picked in the morning from the plantations adjacent.Additionally as I went around the town, i discovered this day was the greatest celebration for Nepali ladies called "Teej", where lady thronged in their best dresses (beautiful without a doubt) and moved out in the open squares. At one square there were no less than 500 ladies around me moving and singing and chuckling around.

Nepali women in Jumla dancing in Teej

Its difficult to tell that this town was assaulted by the Maoists amid the common war and handfuls passed on in the house to house battling here. In any case, scars more likely than not stayed in the midst of the merriment and grins of the general population who were observing Teej. 

That night i demanded having neighborhood nourishments which were scrumptious. I had grain bread, red rice, nearby bean lentils, and neighborhood cauli blossom – all natural and local. The lodging was alright – I wasn't expecting much.

Day 2 – Jumla to Nauri Ghat

I found a durable bamboo stick to use on my ventures. I knew it was an extreme intense move to make today. i needed to cross a 3500 meters mountain pass. I took some dimox (elevation affliction pill) trusting it would help if there should arise an occurrence of height ailment. A lot of local people get mixed up climbing this pass, so i listened. I had some great, reviving nearby herbs blended tea. In the wake of purchasing a couple water cleansing things and stomach throb pills, began my move from Jumla. It was a serious move for me. I felt this was the hardest piece of my outing. Taking all things together, my poor legs were conveying around 100 kilos and it didn't care for that by any means. It appears local people found the most effortless approach to venture out from Jumla to Mugu was to climb as far as possible up, and after that the distance down. I reviled local people for such choices 🙂 

The course was delightful and as i picked up tallness i could see the stark changes in residences and views. The day's stroll of 12 hours was amazingly tiring and for somebody who didn't have their own particular tents, i should say this is the main way you can get to a fair hotel in transit. So for you future trekkers, be set up for this ! 

I collided with a motel at long last in "Naauri ghat" right other than a spouting waterway, which was the distance at the base of the mountain go from Jumla.

Over the pass between Jumla and Mugu

Day 3 – Nauri Ghat to Bulbule

Next morning I chose to relax and stroll for a couple of hours. The morning session was an appalling trek up the slopes once more, and voyaging alone has its downs. You need to endure the torment alone. It was interesting that individuals would not trust me when i let them know i was simply "voyaging". It appears to be nobody goes for no particular reason in the Karnali district, or if nothing else that is the thing that local people accept. I set out to a little town called Bulbule ceasing by Chhautte to have babble with local people and a little police power who were positioned there. Bulbule was at a stature which felt cool. I stayed a nearby motel (most likely one of two there) called "Salyani Hotel". It was fun taking a gander at how everybody crouched around the kitchen for warmth and nourishment. Potatoes were heated and served in bounty.

Day 4 – Bulbule to Rara Lake 

It should be an agreeable stroll to see the Rara Lake at last . Yet, I have quit trusting the nearby's feeling of time and exertion. There is unquestionably a "lost in interpretation" going on, despite the fact that we talk the same dialects. Rara rather than an agreeable 8 to 10 hours walk wound up an additional 12 hours walk, going the distance down another mountain pass and as far as possible up to the level which contained Rara at 3000 meters. Despite the fact that the last sight of the lake gave me enough quality to achieve the main "motel" inside Rara National Park, right other than the lake. Rara was bewildering. Here are some photos i assumed of this position – spotless, quiet, immaculate and untouched. 

Day 5 – Rara Lake 

I chose to stay in Rara for a couple days as i was depleted and had begun a slight frosty. I began drinking crazy measures of the tasty nearby herbs blended tea and the sat by the lake to compose, reflect-upon and so forth. Creative abilities run wild in Rara. I was likely the main "outside visitor" in my whole stay here. Ok well, some of the time this is generally advantageous. I didn't miss the group. I didn't miss anything. It was me and Rara, much the same as Thoreau and his Walden Pond. For me, water has a peculiar partiality, it quiets me, sets my point of view in parity and gets some information about living. It removes straight into the crude. Rara made me reflect upon my life to an ever increasing extent.

Horses grazing around Lake Rara in Nepal

Day 6– Rara Lake 

Today I strolled around the lake. They have a delightful strolling trail by the lake's shores which is an extraordinary stroll for explorers. I had more reflections and more contemplations on how improvement will decidedly and negative influence the districts. The general population who live around this preservation region are the poorest in the district. Also, tourism would balance this. Be that as it may, with it comes the debasement of nature. Perhaps preservation and tourism can work as an inseparable unit. Despite the fact that it won't be as lovely as an untouched spot. Be that as it may, this area needs advancement. Individuals here need to profit by the magnificence of this spot else it is a squandered wonder.

Day 7 – Rara Lake 

Experiencing running nose! I took parts all the more a unique neighborhood "sharp" herbs blended tea to dispose of my cool. The general population at the motel are liberal on helping me conquer my infection. We examine about tourism, issues and preservation endeavors, I converse with the nearby Warden of the national stop, the armed force individuals who ensure the grounds and local people who live around. An entrancing social situation with a great deal of inconsistencies, yet part of trusts. Everybody needs improvement here, nobody concedes to how.

Day 8 – Rara Lake 

One final day at Rara. A tremendous gathering of 70 understudies and educators from close-by school are on a field trip here interestingly. Individuals occasional go for entertainment here. So despite the fact that Rara was a day away, it was the first run through for the majority of them. At evenings, there was a shock "deuda" move (a move famous in the mid western area performed by holding every others' hand making a circle while singing) party. Especially capable young ladies set up a fine appear here with their nearby tunes and moves.

Day 9 – Rara to (close) Ratapani 

I cleared out Rara to head towards another locale called Bajura (Rara is in Mugu area). It was a wonderful morning stroll through Rara and afterward I went downhill. Most explorers I found were local people conveying 40 kilos of rice packs on their backs or jackasses conveying a greater amount of rice. Individuals are fixated on white rice here. The street was shocking superior to the others i had run over in this way. Local people were stating the World Food Program had started a system where individuals got rice for making streets. This unquestionably will go far to help travelers have a superior affair strolling these streets. Generally trails in this area are awkward, best case scenario and unsafe at some parts where bluffs and avalanches have compounded the situation for individuals who are not used to going on precipices :). On a low note, got a couple of shocking rankles in both foots, which were agonizing. I found a house in transit, couldn't walk promote so slammed there. Not interesting subsequent to a gathering of lushes additionally called it their rest place for the evenings, a spot a hour to go from Ratapani.

Day 10 – (close) Rata Pani to Kolti 

I knew I needed to reach Kolti, Bajura today in spite of my rankles. So I gradually advanced down to where the Karnali River seethed on. At this stature additionally, the Karnali seethed and was verging on uncrossable. Fortunately the suspension extension was still in place. I made it to the scaffold by the morning following 3 hours of stroll from "Raato Pani". At that point local people there let me know, the course they took along the Karnali waterway was excessively hazardous for any semblance of me, and exhorted me to take an other precipice course, more secure yet a hour and half more. I would not like to take my risks so took after their recommendation and strolled as far as possible here and there once more. Further the absence of drinking spring water on this course made it especially troublesome as i was sweating abundantly.

At last following 2 or so hours I risked upon a teashop in transit, which kindly had made them spring water from a funnel from as far as possible up the mountains. 

I was astonished that local people could drink specifically from the furious soil filled Karnali stream beneath. Surmise their stomach is made out of titanium or something. As i strolled further into Bajura, i understood that i won't not make it to Kolti by night. Local people idea of a hour would go anyplace between 2 to 3 hours for me. Still with rankles pestering me the entire excursion, with my umbrella on one hand and the bamboo stick on another, I walked along till I at last could see on the far achieves, the town of Kolti , and it was at that point 5:30 at night. I craved tossing my sack in the Karnali and simply achieve Kolti by one means or another. I was excessively embarrassed, making it impossible to request that any other individual convey the sacks – must be the inner self. Anyway, following 2 more hours and close aggregate fatigue I achieved Kolti and there requested my companions' dad's home. I had never met his dad yet was trusting he would simply bring me in with a little presentation – a major bet however which worked incredible! I was welcomed warmly by my companion's folks and after a couple acquaintance fundamentally given way with bed subsequent to having an agony executioner. It hurt like hellfire ! following a 14 hours venture.

Day 11 – 13 – Kolti to Surkhet 

I couldn't walk much so refreshed by the town of Kolti all these 3 days. it required this much investment to recapture my energies. It is certainly an excellent town with a considerable measure of history and remarkable traditions to it and the best is dependably the neighborhood nourishments. When I was prepared, I chose to take the flight from Kolti to Surkhet (which was a 30 minutes plane ride). At long last advanced back to Surkhet on a load plane and unquestionably a couple of kilos lighter. For the best !