Daniel from Germany
Email: daduschschwetka@hotmail.com
Winner 2004 Langtang Trek
Diarrhoeas" in Himalaya

No idea, I woke up at 5 A.M., cos I thought, that we will drive to the Busstation at 6 A.M., where then our bus will start from Kathmandu to Syabrubensi (Langtang-Mountains). Our bus will start at 8:30, I woke up a little bit to early. Our team are Dani (Brazil), Bindu (Mexico), Narween (Australia), Thomas (Norway), Mateja (Slovenia), she is waiting in Syabrubensi for us and me from Germany. Dani woke up with the feeling that she had no fun to walk. Yeah, yeah, she is so lazy or she is one of our three Hatha-Yoga-Princess-Teachers, like Narween and Bindu, too. (Sorry darling, I am kidding.) But all of them have a se! xy butt. No kidding.
(If you want to see us all, look to the Website www.fotolog.net/danirodriguez.  Left side of the big picture, there are different pictures and there is one picture, where we are sitting in the car. You can klick there and then the picture will go to the middle and become bigger. So in the front left is Narween and right is Bindu, she took this picture. In the back right is Dani, in the middle Mateja and me with the cool sunglasses.)
I was a little bit sad, cos first I met Dani in the hotel and we are well-connected. Cry. Nevermind. Let s go. After a long hard bus drive (I was sleeping most of the time), we arrived Dhunche and got off. We were in the wrong place, but nobody knew this, including myself. Of course we didn t find Mateja, but we found a nice Lodge. You can sleep free, but you should eat there and a little bit expensive.
Bindu has diarrhoea and stomache pain. I have diarrhoea for a l! ong time, can live with this or not, sometimes it is really dangerous, you know what I mean, but my fleas are away; my back looked like a spoted face.
1. Trekking-Day: I don t know, how I can describe the countryside. You can see my pictures, but this is only a simple copy. I can try to describe in words, but this is nothing, you must see it, cos the countryside is amazing and undescribable.
In the morning we all know, that we re in the wrong place, nevermind, let s start. The girls and Thomas had a porter, who takes the stuff. Me, I take my rucksack alone. After two hours Trekking, Bindu felt so bad that she had to go back to Dhunche. And four became three. After a long time we arrived at thulo Syabru(1500m). We are completely down, I was on my border of power, in the moment, I am really weak. The Lodge is simple, but nice and you have a beautiful view. Thomas got diarrhea. Who not???
2. Trekking-Day: Thomas will go back to India, so he didn't t come with us and we are only two and our porter. the hardest day started and I don t know,! how I did it. I stopped smoking, it was not more possible for me and I was lucky, when we arrived Lama Hotel(2400m). The way was so steep and it was only uphill. Thanks to my friends shoes, on the first day I had open wounds, it s hurt too much but step by step and it s not allowed to forget my diarrhea. Think, that parasites and worms, my amigos are eating with me. So my digestion is really fast and liquid. In the Lama Hotel Narween and I were sitting by the fire. I am quiet, cos I have no power to speak. My 10kg hard rucksack is making me very slower as I am, but all the pain, all the strain, all the cold weather, it becomes colder higher as youwalk up, all the small living being in me, you forgot very quickly, cos the mountains are so fantastic.
3. Trekking-Day: Today we went only three hours to Ghoratabela(2850m). we walked inside a dreamforest, it looks so elfish. I slept a lot and our small group are really nice. narween made all the time exersises or Hatha-Yoga. ! I don t know. I started a little bit, too. We were sitting by the fire again, it is so terrible cold, I am frozen.
4. Trekking-Day: Narween and the porter went down today. Narween got diarrhoea. Now we are the Diarrhoea-Team. I walked up again. I want to go to the top, with my super-equipment; summersneakers and summercloths. In Gumba(3400m) I met three Israelis and we slept today there. If I ate my ricesoup with a lot of garlic, what I have eaten the last days, a small boy came to the Lodge, screaming and crying, cos he destroyed completely his finger. His finger was so open and broken, I have never seen so a open wound before. I ate my soup again, cos the Israelis tried to help him. We gave money to his father, that why he goes to the doctor. I am sure, he will loose his finger. After the small shock we visited the old monastry and later a nice family cooked really good food for us.
5. Trekking-Day: I started to go up with one Israeli-Woman called Ayala, cos the Israeli-couple needed some times of each other. Uhu. By the way to the top! point Kyangjin(3850) I met Mateja. She didn t recognize me in the first time, but later she was really happy to meet me and I told her our Diarrhoea-Story. She went downhill with a Ami-Guy to the lakes and I up. It is a dream to walk here, better as the countryside of "lord of the rings" and everything is so amazing. And... I was on 4000 Metre. I got it. But I felt really strange like when I smoke grass, but more nicer, cos it is pure nature. I was so happy and I wanted to go higher. For my luck, a small snowstorm came and he said to me, I had to go down. I must say, I am a little bit careless and I had a lot of luck, for example I often slipped and nothing was happen and I don t see everything so clear, but the mountains can become dangerous, at 4000 Metre you should be careful. Ah, tomorrow I will go to 4900 Metre high.
6. Trekking-Day: It is snowing and snowing. I saw my first snow in this year. Fuck off. Nothing go on. Maybe it is my luck, too. Hurra. My diarrhea i! s away and I can after 10 days really good... We were sitting by the f ire, play cards, I wrote some postcards and all the time relaxing. I was really hungry and was eating the all day. Here one soup costs 140 Rs, in Kathmandu 40 Rs. Never mind.
7. Trekking-Day: Today it was clear, but the snow was always lying. so we went down. By the way a huge cloud came from the button, so amazing and we had to walk inside. So cool. After Lama Hotel in Rimiche we slept. Going downhill is so easy and you are so quick. We stayed with a nice small family, who cooks brilliant, had a nice view and it was so cosy here.
8. Trekking-Day: Today I went down alone, cos Ayala will go to Thulo syabru. In Syabrubensi I caught the bus to Kathmandu. For the beginning it was a dream and I will do it again.

But I like to come back to Kathmandu. I love this town, I love my hotel, the Shambala Holiday Inn (in the near of Chhetrapati)
When I arrived at this hotel, I met Narween and Bindu again, nice to meet all t! he people, who worked here, again. I was so funny for the people, that we all came step by step back.
In the hotel you can relax really good, that what I will do the next days. I feel really nice here, it s like home, cosy and warm. The people are really nice and beautiful. Having a lot of fun here and then I will go back to India.

Love Daniel, the winner of our Diarrhea-Team

Trekking Member:
01. Daniel (Germany)
02. Bindu De Para (Maxico)
03. Narween Otto (Australia)
04. Dani Rodriquez (Brazil)
05. Thomas (Norway)
06. Mateja (Slovenia)

Trekking Arranged by
Sukra Thapa HOLIDAY NEPAL, KTM. 24/04/2004