Narayanthan_Bethanchowk Hike 1Night 2 Days Hike

Narayanthan_Bethanchowk Hike 1Night 2 Days Hike

About

Bethanchwok, arranged on the southern inclines of Kavrepalanchwok, is acknowledged to be the most imperative zenith of the Mahabharat Range. Arranged at a stature of 3000m from the sea level, it gloats unmistakable points of view the inclines and Himalayan scopes. A couple of spots of Makwanpur and Janakpur can in like manner be seen from Bethanchowk. Edges in Nepal are a champion among the best spot for visiting in Nepal many offering points of view of Tibetan peaks on the North and Indian fields in the south. Truly, this whole mountain is called Bethanchowk Narayanthan, named after the little asylum, Narayanthan, venerated at the pinnacle. Narayanthan is swarmed with devotees in the midst of the Fagu Purnima reliably. The apex is commonly referred to as Narayanthan instead of Bethanchowk. People furthermore suggest it as the King of the Hills. The proper month for visit is Mangsir as demonstrated by local people.

Itinerary

Day 1: Bhaktapur-Panauti-Dhungkharka-Narayanthan(Bethanchowk) 3 hrs of drive and then 5 hrs of the hike.

Day 2: Narayanthan, Bethanchowk - Dhungkharka-Panauti-Bhaktapur

Motive: To explore hidden hiking trail near Kathmandu valley.

Hike members: Aashib, Binit, Kabin, Kiraj, Rabi and Sajan

Day 1 Bhaktapur-Panauti -Narayanthan_Bethanchok
Oh my god, I didn’t how I managed to wake up even being in hangovers. I was waiting for a call from my pals and I had made up my mind if I didn’t get the call I wouldn’t join for a hike. At 6:30 am I got a call from Rabi and I woke with agony and pressure that whether I should join for a hike or not because I was not feeling fresh and well. I was still in extreme hangover because last Friday night I had  attend my friend’s wedding reception. As I woke up I carried my trekking bag and tent. Without informing I left home for a hike. I was walking with agony and shivering body but walking steadily I managed to join my friend. Everyone was on time nobody had to wait for each other. At 8 am we got into a bus for Panauti and I found everyone was worried about me. They were ragging me regarding mine last night's undesirable behavior at my friend's wedding reception. I was regretting my behavior due to my behavior everyone had to suffer, which was making me feel guilty. Pals were enjoying the bus trip where I was bowing my head down and praying to get down from the bus as soon as possible. It took us 45 minutes to reach Panauti Buspark. As I got down from the bus I informed Kabin to hold me because I was not able to balance my body. Kabin was escorting me where others went for buying foodstuffs. We were on time that bus for Dhunkharka departing at 9 am. Kabin and I got into the bus to reserve the seat and told me not to get down from the bus. Due to extreme hangover, I was still bowing my head down but I was feeling better than last one hour but I was not being able to straighten my head due to headache and nausea. As the bus moved I called Kabin to get into the bus as well as other pals. As the bus moved on pals’ funky activities were rising as per their conversations and they were flirting with ladies. After crossing Khopasi, Sajan escorted me but I didn’t know what was going with these guys. I was wondering why they were making noise. As we were going to get down the bus, the ladies got down at the earlier stop, and I found Sajan was still staring at ladies. I asked where we were and what we are doing here. He told me that I had missed the funky moments. I was staring at him with queries what kinds of moments and he replied you take rest you are still in a hangover. I noted his advice and kept quiet until we got down from the bus.

We reached Dhunkharka ( Bethanchowk) at 10 am. Except me, everyone was having charming and freshness in their face. I asked why you guys were getting naughty but they didn’t reply and I heard the conversation of Sajan and Aashib ( i.e. the ladies were so beautiful and flirty, Sajan added that he was waiting she might look back while she was moving ahead). Everyone was ragging me you “Twaakey”– Aila Gulu (drunkard). I was not being able to argue with them due to my weakness. They were enjoying my pathetic condition and I was just asking sorry with everyone. Kabin was still escorting me to get into the hotel for lunch and as we got into the hotel we asked for tea where Sajan advised me to have salty tea. I felt better having salty tea so I asked tea with Aashib as well as from the hotel. I had a feeling to quit the hike but I knew these funky pals will escort me to reach a destination. I was lying in the table where I found Rabi was Vlogging the moments.

Everyone was enjoying the moments along with my pathetic conditions. At 11 am we had our lunch as I had one munch of lunch I just felt extreme nausea so I informed them I was not able to have it. Kabin and Binit shouted at me to have it anyhow and in order to hang out with, I stayed with them. I saw everyone was enjoying the lunch and in order to join them I had plenty of lentils and after completing it I got out of the hotel to get rest. We decided to depart at 12:30PM, I felt relieved that I could have rest for 30 minutes. Everyone was getting ready for departing. Sajan packed the tent bag with my trek bag, I felt good to balance my body from the bag weights. I was not feeling difficult to carry such heavy bags. As we departed, I walked with the shivering body. We were walking a long way and after walking for hours we got the lift from mini truck. Everyone felt so relieved to get a lift from Mini truck and in the truck there we met other hikers form Taiwan and other Nepalese. After getting down everyone thanked the driver for his kindful help. Then after this, we moved forward and we started to collect the firewoods for a campfire. I was walking ahead and after walking for 20 minutes I sat down to take rest. Soon after Kabin joined and his lectures began for me, I was regretting and vowed that I will not drink now onwards. He took my video for proof then he escorted me to move forward. As per discussion, we had to search for water but we found it undrinkable so we moved forward to reach our destination as soon as possible. We were interacting about Taiwanese hiker and as I looked back I found a white face behind me than I screamed ghost. Hahaha hahaha everyone got a good laugh and the same word “Twaake” you are still in a hangover is what I heard because I was not expecting that one of the members of Taiwanese hiker will be joining us.

Sajan and Binit was acting so active to interact with her. We found she was friendly than we thought and she was not having any fear from us. Instead of fear, she was acting like as we were from the same group. We were walking and walking crossing down hills and up hills. At mid of the forest, I felt hunger and thirst so I asked chocolates from Binit and he provided me mini-sized snickers which energized and boosted me to walk forward. I found Sajan was navigating the destination as well as whistling. The whistle was recalling the Panchpokhari trek because the trail was similar to Panchpokhari. We sat down at point to had fruits where we decided to play our typical music of Ghintangisi. Sajan was playing whistle, Rabi was vlogging, and the rest of us were acting and enjoying the moments. This moment I found so enjoyable and energized me that I should walk and as soon as we completed the forest trail, we reached the gravel roadway which showed that we were closer to our destination. At one point everyone took pictures with Taiwanese hikers.

After snapping with her, she took our group pics and we were so happy because she initiated ahead than us to snap our pics. Then the vulgarism ragging war begins with Sajan and Kabin, which made me overloaded with a laugh.
I was begging them to stop it but they were not listening to me. So, I had to face a painful laugh looking at their act and funny activities. Sajan was fed up with Kabin because he just did it what Sajan warned him not to do it and the rest of us got overloaded laughed and not again vulgar words war continued.  As we were so close to our destination, everyone was struggling to balance their body because the way was so icy and slippery. Walking and crawling, Aashib and I managed to reach the Narayanthan which was our destination. We were enjoying the struggle of the rest of the pals. We moved ahead in order to search for shelter. I enter the inn where local hikers from Panauti were resting there. They welcomed me with respect and kindness. One of the hikers from Panauti advised me to sleep inside the inn because the temperature will go on minus at night. I noted down his advice and soon informed everyone to get sleep in the inn after finishing our campfire.

As the night went on we began our campfire this was our first ever campfire hike. I was feeling hungry so I was having what we had carried and after joining them for 30 minutes I moved inside to sleep. Rests of the pals were enjoying their moments and got into the inn at 10 PM then soon after everyone got asleep.    

Day 2 Narayanthan- Dhunkharka-Panauti- Bhaktapur

For the whole night, I couldn’t sleep due to cold and undesirable snoring voices of pals. I was thinking about how they could fall asleep with relaxation even at low temperatures. I was shocked to know the inn was full of hikers; the Taiwanese joined us at 11 pm due to the unavailability of space in their tent. Everyone spent the night being kindful to each other and we woke up early in the morning to view the sunrise but it happened only at 6:45 AM. Firstly sun rays hit the mountains and then slowly sunrises which seem like erupting lava from the volcano, the view was so fascinating for all of us. 

I took the pictures of hikers from the other side focusing sun rays which looked like edited or Photoshop one. Everyone was enjoying snapping pictures and video for memories. We were at the height of about 3000 m from the sea level and this place is renowned as the king of Mahabharat ranges because if the weather is clear one can view mighty Himalayan ranges from east to west in north direction whereas Birgunj and Hetauda of the Terai region can be viewed in the south direction. For the first time ever I have seen such mighty mountains from east to west. I   was feeling so lucky to be part of this hiking because if I had missed this I don’t think I will travel in this place and even being unfit I managed to complete this hike. After sunrise, we burnt fire for preparing our breakfast. Everyone was impressed with Binit because he was handling the cooking very well where rests of guys were toasting bread and sausages.

This was the first time ever we had our breakfast prepared by ourselves on the spot. I had never tried sausages with bread and drank chocolate tea. We had a very heavy breakfast then we began to shoot the photos. Rabi was in his Spiderman costumes which made us engaging watching acrobatics stunt. I thought everyone was having their best time of moments. Everyone was chilling their moments in their own way. I was feeling happy that we had a very good experience than other trekking. After the photo session, we packed our bag got ready to depart. At 10 am we departed to Dhunkharka, along with Kabin we moved ahead than other pals. He was warning me to walk slowly but as I stepped in the icy way I fell down with pain. We struggled to move forward, I thought to skate but the way was too slippery due to which I was unable to control my speed and as a result, I had to lie down. We were walking crawling with struggle. The moments were so funny that everyone was slipping due to which we were having overloaded laughed.

After crossings slipping hills we did speed up our pace to reach Dhunkharka as soon as possible. Kabin was walking ahead than us but we took rest at the point and we were discussing that Kabin would definitely follow the long way or downward way. After resting for 20 minutes we continued our hike and ragging began with each other. I was feeling better than yesterday so I was singing on my own to enjoy the moments. As we crossed the forest trail Sajan was called by Kabin and we were confirmed that he took the downward way hahaha such a funny moment. We had warned Kabin to take an upward way but he didn’t remember the way because yesterday he was busy escorting the Taiwanese hiker. Sajan -the bomb of excitement was calling Kabin using Newari vulgar words which was making us overloaded laugh and as he saw me he began to rag me to deliver typical Newari vulgar words but I was not responding to him. Rabi supported Sajan and ragged me to deliver it but I was not delivering it and as a result, they began to ragged me saying “Twaakey” -Aila Gulu. We waited for him for about 15 minutes and in order to spend the time Aashib took my pictures for our memory. After we met up Sajan and Kabin vulgar war began which was making us laugh.  Rabi took our pictures because the spot was under trees and sun rays were passing through it.

We were walking in the snow-covered way I requested Aashib to snap my pictures. After then we were shocked to view the whole way was covered with snow. It was making us difficult than the scenario while we had to walk down hills from top. I thought pals were enjoying in an icy way but when I stepped it I fell down like before. Oh my god everyone was slipping down in an uncontrollable manner but we had very funny moments than before. I was thinking I should skate but due to over speed I was unable to control the speed due to which I had to lie my whole body down to slow down the speed. Crawling and skating we crossed one of the difficult ways for us but at the end of the icy way, Aashib felt with heavy effort, which made us everyone with an overloaded laugh.
He had his cap in the hand after he fell down in the ground; the moments were just about to get captured but Sajan was unable to capture it. After then we had to go down the hills and in those downhills, we were searching for the shortcuts but only after an hour, we found a short cut. But here too we missed Kabin because he was walking ahead than us. Sajan called up him to get back to walk in the short cut as we got down soon he too came down from the short cut from where the rest of the pals descended. Everyone was ragging him in typical Newari vulgar words and Kabin responded with the same vulgar words, there ragging styles were making me fun because they were using only typical Newari vulgar words. After then we walked in the gravel roads where at the shady area Rabi was Vlogging the moments.

We took the left way as a shortcut which was the right way to get soon. I was walking with Binit and Aashib, they were sharing the chocolates but I was not having it. I told them that I was feeling difficult to walk. They thought I was not feeling well but the main reason was that my slip shoes were slipping in the dry leaves of pines trees. I walked in order to reach gravel road as soon as possible so, I put off my shoes then began to walk in the naked foot. Rabi warned me not to do so and he advised me to wear the shoes but the forest trail was made difficult due to the presence of dry leaves of pines trees. I was walking naked foot for 30 minutes but the way was getting to downhills and I was getting unable to control my body weight. Rabi was vlogging the moments this time Rabi caught Aashib in his camera while he slipped down from hills. After walking for 40 minutes we were down in the plain area but it was still a long away for the hotel.
I walked ahead where the rest of the pals were busy getting freshen up in the river. I was walking alone thinking about last Friday night about my undesirable behavior and the funny moments that I was having right then. At 1 PM I reached into the hotel and hurriedly I went to a water tap for getting fresh and as I returned from water rest of the pals arrived at the hotel. They were enjoying the cold drinks as well as vlogging the moments. We had our lunch at 1:30 pm, like before everyone was enjoying the lunch. We had the rest of an hour and during that, we shared our pictures with each other. I was feeling better than yesterday but I found rests of the pals were in exhaustion. At 3:10 pm we got into bus, I was enjoying the view which I could not have the day we arrived here. Except for me, all of the pals were having travel sleep. I didn’t disturb them instead of that I enjoyed traveling. It took us 55 minutes to reach Panauti and as we reached Panauti we got into the bus to move to Bhaktapur. Nobody was in sleep while we were returning to Bhaktapur instead that we were conversing with each other about our whole hike and the places where our bus stuck. The conversion was continued until we reached Jagati. Then from there, Kabin moved to west and the rest of us moved to north. We were in a very happy mood than the last day. We were feeling so lucky because this was the first hike that we conducted carrying a tent and this is the first hike or traveling that everyone was on time. Walking 600m ahead I bid farewell to rest of pals and we dispersed from where we concluded our 1 night 2 days hiking.

            This is how I ended up my first ever hike with funky pals creating good bonding than before plus they are my school childhood pals. I felt very happy to know that everyone is very caring in nature and would instantly help any friend in need.

For Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv3hKeUV1Ic