Tuesday, 28 December 2010
As I walked past the Nepali Border control on my way home. This american girl caught the corner of my eye. Her face was on the poster. She did not make it home. It was memorable because it was the last thing I saw from Nepal. She was trekking in the LangTang region and lost contact. Later I found out one of her relatives replied on my post in the Lonely Planet Forum.
My original plan was to do the same trek around the same time. LangTang being a up down trek (same way up and down), we could well have met. I am not saying the outcome would be any different because I am probably worse than useless in a crisis. The reasons why I changed my plan was that I didn’t feel confident (aka scared) nor had the right people around me. It’s a really sad story and it gave me another perspective in life. I think although I am more fearful, but at the same time I can handle more risks.
The recent news of a tragic missing person case, just cast my mind back to that moment of walking past that poster. My thoughts are with both of their families, with the new year, hopefully new hopes.
The world can be a wonderful place, but in reality it is an unforgiving one.
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