Mumbai: Actor Manasi Parekh has shared an emotional account of her difficult journey back to Mumbai after flash floods and landslides affected the Nepal-Tibet border region during her Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.
The actor, who had been travelling in Tibet as part of the pilgrimage, took to social media to describe the challenges she faced while trying to leave the affected region. According to Parekh, the journey involved hours of waiting after a major landslide, a long road trip and a difficult walk through another affected area before she was finally able to continue towards Kathmandu.
Describing the ordeal, Parekh said that getting out of China and reaching the Nepal border “felt like winning a war”.
Despite the physical challenges and uncertainty of the journey, she said everything felt worthwhile because it ultimately meant returning home to Mumbai, reuniting with her family and seeing her daughter again.
“Getting Out of China… Felt Like Winning a War”
Sharing an update with her followers, Manasi Parekh thanked people for their concern, messages and prayers as she recounted the overwhelming experience of the previous few days.
“Thank you so much for all the love, messages, calls and prayers,” she wrote.
Describing the difficulty of travelling out of the affected area, Parekh added that “the last 3-4 days have been overwhelming and getting out of China and reaching the Nepal border felt like winning a war”.
Her journey was made more difficult by a landslide near the Chinese town of Nyalam.
“There was a huge land slide at the China town of Nyalam which kept us waiting in our bus for 4 hours till we could start our journey out of China by road,” she shared.
The actor and her group were reportedly forced to wait inside their bus for several hours before they were able to continue their journey.
A Difficult Journey Towards the Nepal Border
Once the group was able to leave the affected area by road, the journey remained far from easy.
Parekh said the travellers then undertook a long bus journey of around 40 miles before reaching the Nepal border. However, another major obstacle awaited them there.
According to the actor, another landslide had affected the route near the border, leaving the group with no option but to walk through the damaged area to reach buses waiting on the other side.
“Then after a long bus ride of 40 miles we reached the border of Nepal where there had been another landslide which we had to walk through as there was no other way for us to make it till the buses waiting on the other side,” she wrote.
The account offered a glimpse into the challenges faced by travellers attempting to navigate through an area affected by severe weather and damaged infrastructure.
The Bumpy Ride to Kathmandu
After crossing the affected stretch and reaching the waiting vehicles, Manasi Parekh and her group continued towards Kathmandu.
But even then, the journey remained physically demanding.
Sharing another update, the actor described the next stage of the journey as an extremely difficult four-hour bus ride.
“And then it was the bumpiest bus ride of our lives as we made our way to Kathmandu which was 4 hours away,” she wrote.
For Parekh, however, the difficult travel conditions were easier to endure because of what waited at the end of the journey.
“But all this was worth it because it meant coming back to Mumbai, to my family and getting to kiss my daughter,” she added.
Her message captured the emotional side of an experience that had begun as a pilgrimage but turned into an unexpectedly difficult journey home.
Manasi Parekh Had Been Near the Affected Area Days Earlier
Parekh’s return came after she had shared updates indicating that she had been near the same location in Tibet only days before the devastating floods affected the region.
The actor had been travelling with a group as part of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra when severe flooding and related damage affected areas near the Nepal-Tibet border.
On August 27, she shared visuals showing the scale of the destruction and reflected on how close the group had been to the affected location.
“This is what happened. We were supposed to be here tomorrow morning,” she wrote.
In another social media update, Parekh shared a video from an earlier visit and described the dramatic transformation of a place she had visited just days earlier.
“I was literally welcomed at this spot 5 days ago. So warmly! And now the whole place is submerged,” she wrote.
The contrast between her earlier experience and the devastation that followed underscored the speed with which conditions changed in the Himalayan region.
Flash Floods and Landslides Affect the Border Region
The devastating flash floods reportedly struck areas along the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, triggering widespread disruption and damage.
The Himalayan region is particularly vulnerable to severe weather events, including flash floods and landslides, especially during periods of intense rainfall and changing weather conditions.
According to the information provided, the disaster caused a major surge of water and debris that affected areas on both sides of the border.
Nepal’s Rasuwa district was among the areas affected, with the impact also extending further downstream to locations including Nuwakot and Dhading.
The floods and landslides reportedly caused extensive damage to roads, bridges and other essential infrastructure, making travel through the region especially difficult.
Roads and Bridges Among Infrastructure Affected
The destruction caused by severe flooding can quickly disrupt transport networks in mountainous regions.
According to the information available, several important bridges and stretches of roads in the affected region were damaged or washed away.
Homes and other infrastructure were also reportedly affected by the disaster.
For travellers like Manasi Parekh and her group, the damaged routes meant that a journey which would ordinarily involve road transport became a complex process requiring long waits, detours and travel on foot through affected areas.
Parekh’s account highlighted the practical challenges faced by people attempting to move through a region where landslides had disrupted normal transport routes.
A Pilgrimage That Became an Unexpected Ordeal
The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is an important spiritual pilgrimage, attracting devotees from different parts of India and other countries.
For Parekh, the journey became an experience marked by sudden changes in weather conditions and difficult travel.
Her social media posts documented the contrast between her earlier visit to the region and the destruction that followed days later.
What began as a spiritual journey eventually became an exhausting effort to travel safely through an area affected by floods and landslides.
Yet, throughout her account, one message remained central: the journey home mattered because it meant being reunited with the people closest to her.
An Emotional Return to Mumbai
For Manasi Parekh, the difficult journey eventually ended with her return to Mumbai and reunion with her family.
Her words about finally being able to return home reflected the emotional significance of the experience.
The actor’s description of reaching the Nepal border as feeling “like winning a war” conveyed the relief she felt after navigating multiple landslides and challenging travel conditions.
Her journey involved waiting for hours, travelling long distances by bus, walking through an affected border area and enduring a difficult ride to Kathmandu.
But Parekh said it was all worth it because it brought her back to her family and daughter.
Her experience has also drawn attention to the human impact of sudden natural disasters, particularly for those travelling through remote and mountainous regions where weather events can rapidly disrupt transportation and infrastructure.
Manasi Parekh Shares Her Gratitude
Along with recounting the difficult journey, Parekh expressed gratitude for the concern shown by those following her updates.
She thanked people for the messages, calls and prayers she received during the challenging days.
Her posts provided followers with a direct account of her experience while also documenting the emotional relief of finally reaching home after a journey filled with uncertainty.
The actor’s return to Mumbai marked the end of an ordeal that had taken her through multiple landslide-hit routes and difficult travel conditions.
For Parekh, however, the final destination carried the greatest meaning.
After days of uncertainty and an exhausting journey through affected areas, returning to Mumbai meant returning to family—and, as she wrote, finally being able to kiss her daughter.
