Pumori Pokhara

... around 27 km walking per day. Its not quite as simple as it seems though because your walking at 5000m above sea level, up and down hills, air is in short supply and every step is a bit of a struggle. Still we set off around nine in the morning fully expecting to make the 27km by about three in the afternoon, set up tent, cook some food and be raring to go tommorrow...things didn't quite work out as planned though. There was a car with our guide and driver in who met up with ...

... et je vais essayer de mater la France ce soir), une douche chaude et une petite vue sur le lac... Le tout pour 500 roupies (5 euros)<br>La route de Kathmandu a Pokhara est tout simplement magnifique, avec les montagnes de l'Himalaya d'un cote, et les rizieres et les cultures en terrasse de part et d'autre de la route. J'ai pu voir comment vivent les nepalais dans ce coin, avec leur costume traditionnel et les maisons, huttes, ballots de paille, buffles, vaches ...

... feet) <br><br><br>Ben Kunz with the cheery Himalayan Hotel owner in Upper Pisang<br><br><br>Ben Glenn burning juniper branches at the Pisang Gompa&#8212;Tibetan Buddhists believe that smoke provide a conduit of travel for the spirits of the gods.<br><br><br>**********<br>From Upper Pisang, we ...

... and it worked! For two or three pictures... And then I had to do it again several times. It was an experience like no other and we spoke to some people and apparently we are kind of famous now. People on the trek were talking about three crazy guys who slept on the pass. You can imagine how great it felt when we had a hot shower the next day and a good bed. Paradise!<br><br>The next days were less spectacular. Part of the trek is now just a road which was ...

In a town called Pokhara which i will be visiting about 3 times during the course of my trip as this is treking central. Its fully geared up for treking tourists with more knock off northern rock and karramore trekking gear than you could ever want! Its also tourist tat central but unlike India there is no harrassment so you can walk the main street with minimal grief :-) Always good!<br><br>Spent this morning climbing down Sarangkot (1592m) after being dropped off there to see the ...

... La Pass (5,416m)<br>- most exhausting days &#8211; Braga to Ice Lake and back, Tatopani to Ghorepani<br>- learnt to play three card games &#8211; Janiv (Israeli), Gin Rummy (Western), Chinese game the name of which I didn't record<br>- most depressing moment &#8211; hearing a story of an assaulted Canadian female trekker<br>- most impressive sight &#8211; being surrounded by giants and staring face to face at Annapurna I at ABC<br>

... the Annapurna Conservation Area and located on a pretty lake called Phewa Tal. We are staying in a hotel right on the lake which we are really enjoying along with a couple of cold Everest Beers. Which, by the way, is the best beer here in Nepal at least that is what Team Simon thinks...Haha. Tomorrow we will leave ...

... real views justice by any means. I was of course also stunned by the view because even if I had spent some time in Pokhara, I hadn&#8217;t had a glimpse on the mountain tops so the view came to me as a complete surprise.<br><br>The only traveller&#8217;s activity I did in Pokhara was when we hired motorcycles with some German girls and rode them up to a viewpoint of Sarangot nearby. I spent the night up there hoping to see the sunrise but it was hopeless (though expected) as ...

... really pleased as I managed it pretty well for the first 4 hours. As I suddenly ran out of energy I realised that although I had eaten a good breakfast I had eaten nothing since! Luckily I had given Krishna the soya and corn mix that &#8220;Grandmother&#8221; had made for me so we had some of that and also one of the oranges that she gave me. It did the trick and I had enough energy to reach our destination. There has been so much rain that at times we had to paddle across streams in ...

... nice cup of &#8220;kaloo chiya&#8221; and a few biscuits to keep me going. Still there had been no mention of money from Sushil so I told him how he had restored my faith and what a great time I had with him to help me. I also handed over some money, but it felt good because it was my choice and not forced from me in any way. He had also arranged for me to get a place on a boat back to Lakeside. That was an experience in itself. I was sharing the boat with the ...