Early in the morning to avoid traffic delays, we took a jeep from Kathmandu passing neighboring city on the zigzag and partly bumpy BP road. The drive itself was an adventure but our driver was well experienced use to drive back and forth 2-3 times a week. On every turn it was like hot knife cutting the butter and he could sing every Nepalese folk song “Dohori” inline played on the radio. Taking several short breaks in the highway around 2 pm we reach a village called “Dhap”. The Mountain View from Dhap was astounding and it left me in wonder how the views would be from the top of Pikey Peak. Although the jeep goes up to Jhappre our overnight stop, due to leftover snow on the road, we preferred to trek further that takes around 3 hours.
After a quick lunch at Dhap, stretching our legs we continued our trek. The sun was already over the horizon calling it a day off; still we had not reached our night stop yet. We had our torch lights on and continued walking. Normally it takes 3 hours walk to reach Jhappre but for us so called 3 hour walk felt like a millennium. It took us 4 and half hours to reach our night stop LAMA HOTEL & LODGE – Phew finally. It was the only lodge opened in Jhappre. Tashi the lodge owner with whom we booked a room on phone was waiting for us with a big smile in his face. We got into our rooms, freshened up and went to Dining hall with our empty bellies to be fueled.
Article by Sanjay Maharjan, our agent handler from who was recently on a trip to Pikey Peak.