The Quest for The Sleeping Buddha

It was early in the morning. Way too early. I’m not used to getting up before sunrise, but something woke me up. After three days of a disappointing, yet challenging trek, the mountains had cleared up. There I was, standing on the India-Nepal border at Sabargram. Half my body was in India, and the other half was in Nepal. I couldn’t feel my fingers due to the cold winds. I stood there facing North. To my right on the East, the sun was about to rise. In front of me was the Sleeping Buddha, as calm as ever. To my left on the West, at a distance, lied the mighty Mount Everest! The snowy summits of both Kanchenjunga and Everest were lit on fire by the gleaming rays of the morning sun. Ecstasy, this was pure ecstasy! This is a travel film of my trek to Sandakphu and Phalut. It’s a 6-day trek, criss-crossing across India-Nepal border. It’s a trail where one can see four of the five highest mountains in the world. The first three days of the trek were misty. The 4th day made it all up