Moving Mountains in Nepal

Moving Medical Camp: October 2007

Greetings from Kathmandu, Nepal! The rainy season has gone on about a week longer than it should so it is hot in Kathmandu and will probably be warmer on the trek than I expected as well. I've had to change our itinerary slightly to account for a huge mudslide on the road we need to take. We will have to get off one bus, walk 2km and get on another bus. In case we have any further delay, I've added another clinic day in the area near the Karing For Kids clinic. That way, if we are delayed and can't make the clinic day at Gatlang, we'll have the next day to do a clinic in Chilime. What changes is that we are going to bypass the village of Briddam and go from Timure directly to Syabru. Briddam is well-off compared to everyone else in the area and there are nearly no children in that village. Briddam has a well known home-stay program, and all the children as a result, have ended up with sponors to attend school in Kathmandu. Revised itinerary is attached. Hoping for no further changes, and this is Nepal !

~ Scott MacLennan, Founder of The Mountain Fund

Here's the video of our venture around the mudslide.

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• Nepal
• Kathmandu
• volunteer
• trek
• trekking
• healthcare
• medical

[mtnfund]

Actually, the men helping the bus are porters. They are paid porters. The "westerners" are the medical volunteers who will travel 16 hours, to go only 90 miles, on this bus to the porters villages, to provide free medical care. Some may consider this an even trade. Some may not.

[mtnfund]

Moving Medical Camp: October 2007

Greetings from Kathmandu, Nepal! The rainy season has gone on about a week longer than it should. I've had to change our itinerary slightly to account for a huge mudslide on the road we need to take. We will have to get off one bus, walk 2km and get on another bus. In case we have any further delay, I've added another clinic day in the area near the Karing For Kids clinic.

~ S. MacLennan, Founder

[newatube]

nepalese drivers are the best drivers in the world.

[neppeace]

Salute to Nepali Drivers.

[1parajuli2]

Almost everyone of us have seen Busses carrying Passengers ...check this guys.. its just opposite..

[biranpun]

runa man lagcha desh ko situation dekhda pheri dui muthi saas aru pherna man lagcha nepali janta ko sahayog ko bhawana lai dekhda........

[crsoosun]

this video compelled me to leave a comment..... first of all i salute 'guruji'. That is reality of mine, my country and every nepalese and jus love it. Sometimes when i see vaccancy ad on london buses, i jus find it funny, they get such a huge payment to drive on so smooth roads, in contrast you can imagine what hamro guruji up there is getting to ride on a ghost

Hamro nepal , hamro nisan, jangi nisan

[uweclementulm]

was really nice video. just didn't like the behaviour of the western tourists. why they cannot also help to move the bus??

[DjBazUltra]

3.45 Tug of war between The Bus and the Nepalese

[qrgfey]

really nice..

Greeeting from shashi

[groovingsoul]

That's the good thing about Nepalese in general,

Random people are always willing to help,Well

passengers aside.....