Hotel Tragopan Pvt.Ltd. Pokhara

... and scenary on this trek:<br><br><br><br>Waterfalls in lush jungles<br><br><br>The downside to beautiful jungles--enormous bugs! This spider, the size of Ben's hand, was just feet from Lindsey's head!<br><br><br>Crossing a bridge in one of the deep gorges. Lush fauna, rocks, and a fast-flowing ...

... suspension bridge (remember Liz &amp; Heights) although the girls did most of the hill by Land Rover. This took us to the ceremony field with an amazing snow topped mountain backdrop &amp; perfect blue sky. Meredyth had paid the farmer to clear the field. There was also a local band - the blessing was done by the local Scottish Padre &amp; there will be lots off great pictures. There was then a wedding breakfast buffet cooked by the Camp staff - the Brits &amp; the Gurkhas were ...

... was ******* like a trooper! I wasn&#8217;t sure whether to laugh or cry as all I wanted was to get to sleep. <br><br>I must have dropped off eventually as my alarm woke me at 4.15am and I prepared to brave the cold and dark, along with everyone else it seemed! I crept downstairs and waited in the hallway for Krishna to join me. Gradually all the different groups and their guides set off with their headlamps shining the way and I waited&#8230;&#8230;and waited. In the end ...

... little effort on my side. I am a bit nervous when we take off, and this uneasiness will last 60 minutes until we finally land. After so many days walking, I am certain that men evolved to walk on their two legs rather than performing acrobatics in the air, despite the comments of the instructor trying to convince me otherwise. During the flight, the views over Pokhara valley and the Annapurnas range are breathtaking, but I fear my heart beat will stop every time we take a thermal ...

... We had Dal Bhat and they had chicken and chips. We were then invited to there place the next day for a bit of the same. GB came to our hotel to collect us and we went to his house, via 2 busses, for lunch. He lived on a site where all the houses had mud coated walls and corrugated iron roofs. He shared one room with his wife, son and daughter. We sat on their beds and ate the best Dal Bhat since arriving. It included rice, lentil soup, chickpea curry and ...

... myself as I had managed to get this far just as the guide book suggested. However, trying to find a way down from this view point was not so easy! I walked as far as I could and then looked for a path down but the only way seemed to be a very narrow track through the &#8220;jungle&#8221; so eventually I took it. I managed to get myself scratched to pieces and somehow ended up stumbling or through somebody&#8217;s garden and down onto the proper track. It was a little scary there for a ...

... sunrises in the morning and first time i noticed like ten gazillion stars at night it is truly amazing its almost light out bc there are so many.<br>Had to stay 2 days for acclimation... 3-4 hours extra up after hiking all day. tired as hell... Its hard not to think about the mtn. its so pretty and peaceful that u scold yourself when u think about tv and the luxury of western culture. Life is simple here and it is amazing to be apart of it.<br><br>"Drink it in"<br>

... Astam on the last few days of a major festival, Dasain, that is celebrated everywhere in Nepal for 10-15 days, the celebrations differ a bit depending on the caste and culture.  It is time for the kids to have time off oot of school and for families to get together and eat.  Shiva and his wife welcomed us into their home for the celebration and to share in the tradition.  It was an amazing experience.  They had sacrificed a goat (a day before i arrived) which is ...

... breathtaking scenery<br><br>finally arrived in pokhara and it absolutely poured while waiting to get pack off the bus, got saturated within a couple of mins as myraincoat was in the pack i was waiting for while being hounded by reps from guesthouses trying to get me to go to their places. got a taxt with a german guy Alex from the bus who had friends already in pokhara so headed to Hotel ...

... told us some funny and crazy stories, shared some Base Camp gossips and showed us the second medical tent. He took our heart rate and oxygen level as well and I was complimented on my low heart rate (I was at 71 which is low for being at 5360 meters, I was happy to hear again that I had a good heart). My oxygen level was extremely low though (59%!) and he wondered how come I wasn't getting altitude sickness. Everybody in our group has been on altitude medecine for 4 or ...