Ok so the first "day" of our trek was actually a travel day but it was definitely an adventure. We opted for the local bus (being the cheapies we are) and so spent 9 luxurious hours in broken seats with springs sticking out bumping along windy "roads" that were often no more than dirt, boulders and the occasional creek bed (again I was wrong about what I thought was a piece of junk, our bus was a beast! How it made it to Seyabrubesi I will not know, but I was so happy it did. I closed my eyes for a good while there and may have been praying. Looking out the window and seeing no ground between the edge of the bus and the edge of the mountain does not inspire confidence. Thank god for talented bus drivers!). When I did have my eyes open, the scenery was spectacular: we saw so many villages, people in colorful dresses and hats, drove past army checkpoints and saw hundreds of rice patty terraces. Our bus even had live chickens and goats on the roof along with about 10 people. It was incredible! And the guy puking out the window just added to the adventure lol. Happy to be safe and sound in Syabrubesi :) Trekking day 2 (real trekking) begins tomorrow!
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