点评:After helping a friend with the making of the documentary about Durga, we were anxious to meet her and trek for a few days in Nepal. Unfortunately, Durga needed back surgery just before our trek, but she still took good care of us and hired Swastika as our guide and Apsara as our porter. These two young women were amazing! We had chosen the shortest trek option as we just wanted a taste of trekking in the Himalayas during our last week of a five week trip to Asia. We are so glad we did, because we still got to see the amazing mountain views and explore traditional Nepalese villages, without having to climb more than about 1100 feet the first day and 500 the second. Unfortunately my husband came down with a high fever and didn’t have the energy to continue trekking the last day, but Durga took good care of us and arranged for a car to pick us up in Astam. Swastika had meds to help with the fever and was very helpful throughout our trek. Apsara kindly carried his heavy pack the second day when he first got the fever, after carrying my smaller one the first day. Maybe in our younger days, we would have challenged ourselves to climb to higher viewpoints, but especially with the unexpected illness, we are grateful to have chosen this short trek, and so happy with the kind, friendly and very knowledgeable Swastika! Also, the tea houses were actually very clean and comfortable hotels with clean sheets and bedding, private bathrooms, showers, WiFi, electricity, great food and bottled water! They were run by very kind local people. Much nicer than expected in Dhampus and Astam! A great taste of Nepal’s wild places!
翻译:在帮朋友拍摄完关于杜尔迦的纪录片后,我们迫不及待地想见到她,并和她一起在尼泊尔徒步旅行几天。不幸的是,杜尔迦在我们出发前需要做背部手术,但她仍然悉心照顾我们,并雇佣了斯瓦斯蒂卡做我们的向导,阿普萨拉做我们的背夫。这两位年轻女性真是太棒了!我们选择了最短的徒步路线,因为我们只想在为期五周的亚洲之旅的最后一周体验一下喜马拉雅山脉的徒步。我们非常庆幸做了这个决定,因为我们仍然欣赏到了壮丽的山景,探索了传统的尼泊尔村庄,而且第一天的爬升高度不超过1100英尺,第二天也只有500英尺。不幸的是,我丈夫发了高烧,最后一天没有力气继续徒步,但杜尔迦照顾得很好,并安排了一辆车到阿斯塔姆接我们。斯瓦斯蒂卡带了退烧药,并在整个徒步过程中给予了我们很大的帮助。阿普萨拉第二天发烧时,好心地帮他背了沉重的背包,第一天她还帮我背了小背包。也许年轻的时候,我们会挑战自己攀登到更高的观景点,但尤其是在突发疾病的情况下,我们很庆幸选择了这条短途徒步路线,也对热情友好、知识渊博的斯瓦斯蒂卡感到非常满意!此外,茶馆实际上非常干净舒适,就像酒店一样,床单被褥干净整洁,还有独立卫生间、淋浴、WiFi、电力、美味的食物和瓶装水!它们都是由非常友善的当地人经营的。比预想的丹普斯和阿斯塔姆要好得多!真是体验尼泊尔野趣的绝佳之旅!