A hiking trip to Fulchoki. It was supposed to start from the outskirts of Fulchoki which would end at the communication tower situated at the top of the hill. Expecting the nature to take over with the sights of lush green terrace farming, snow clad mountains and snow all around us. We left for Godawari and had some breakfast near Satdobato. As we went, there was no sign of what we all had been expecting. This time, the mid December had been warm enough to melt all the snow on our way. Hiking was supposed to start about 5km ahead of the top, but with fine road and about an hour full of laughter and interesting discussions, we had already reached to the top.
Hiking from Fulchoki to Lakuri Bhanjyang
It was my first hike from the Deerwalk team as I’m a newbee here. As it was monsoon, we were all concerned about the rain, leeches and heavy sun that could possibly bother us in the hike. But, it turned out to be a perfect day for hiking since neither the sun nor the rain made any appearance. Everyone seemed to be pumped up for a wonderful hiking time. One of our friends suffered from an early motion sickness which was soon capitalized after the hike started.
So the morning of the hike I woke up early wondering what kind of day was in store for me today. So far my stay in Nepal had been fantastic getting to know the people and parts of the city but I was happy to get out and see some sights as so far I had seen the hotel, the office and the road in between (and a couple of restaurants). The van picked me up bright and early and we took off down the street. Very quickly we became stuck in festival traffic and after meeting up with the rest of the group we decided that it was going to…
