During my trip to Nepal, I rented a scototer and went to Shivapuri National Park.  This trip was incredible for several reasons but the most important was that fear can motivate you.  It can make you feel like a badass.  It takes moments like these to know that you are alive.

My friend Ronson told me that it was my day to lead in regards to where we were going to go.  We swapped SIM cards and immediately my Indian phone because a Nepali phone.  Google Maps was going to lead us to magical places with experiences that I never would have dreamed of.  Traveling on roads through a big city like Kathmandu was like driving on very remote country roads in the US.  

We went to see a place called Jhor Waterfall first.  This place was completely beautiful.  I am man was dancing like he was high on the presence of God and children were running in and out of the waterfall.  There was a cave that was actually a temple.  A woman there was very concerned that I would get inside and take pictures so I only went to the opening to peek inside.  The ceilings were very low.

After our experience there, we went on to the National Park.  At the top, we greeted by a man that charged me 1800 NR while my friend Ronson enjoyed a fee of about 400 NR.  This nationality discrimination was common on this trip to where my friend and I eventually started making jokes about it.  After we paid our fee, we found a nice place to just enjoy the mountain scenes and take it all in.  

The ride back was intense.  We realized that after we had reached the bottom of the mountain that the sun was setting and their was no way that we could navigate the roads, in their condition, in the dark.  We spent 5 hours driving back into Kathmandu in the dark on some roads that horrible and some that were smooth, blacktop surfaces.  We drove into the city the same way that our bus had taken so knowing how steep the cliffs were in come areas and riding on the edges of them was exhilarating.  

After we reach back to our AirBnb, the adrenaline was running through our body.  We both felt such a sense of accomplishment and joy that we made it back in one piece and alive.  I had never done anything like that in my life and would definitely do it again.  When you don’t have a plan, anything is possible.  When anything is possible enjoy the journey because the road that you are on will have sinkholes, smooth surfaces and parts that are just rock and mud.