Tulsi Pokhara

... est tout bonnement geant. J'ai vraiment eu de la chance aujourdhui non seulement pour la meteo parfaite, mais aussi pour le vautour qui nous a suivis comme un petit chien ce qui n'arrive pas tout le temps et est assez aleatoire. Hier par exemple le vautour a decolle mais a suivi un autre parapente vers le lac et n'a jamais repondu aux appels, et ce deux fois de suite. Donc j'ai vraiment eu du bol. A l'eterrissage un francais a pris des photos de mon vol depuis le ...

... pour un sandwich fromage crudites et un fanta compris dans le forfait (en tout 35 euros). Seul point negatif, le mec cense prendre les photos du rafting etait malade, donc pas de photos...<br>Me suis depeche d'aller me secher et me changer pour aller suter en parapente. Sommes montes a Sarangkot, sur les hauteurs, puis j'ai saute en premier avec mon instructeur, l'appareil photo autour du cou. Conditions parfaites, du vent, du soleil et des nuages pour nous aspirer vers le haut ...

... and the occasion donkey run in on the trail, we made it up to the pass in good time and without issue! <br><br><br>Looking back at the Northface of Gangapurna from the pass at sunrise<br><br><br>The group at Thorung La<br><br><br>Thorung La <br><br>We even recorded a rap video for Cass, but like most ...

... oranges from the tree we set off back to Nayapul to finish our walk.<br><br>Neil picked up a friend along the way as the village dog just followed us for about 2 hours. No matter how we tried to get rid of him he just followed Neil along the path, until we came across another village with a dog. <br><br>We made back to Nayapul wooo hoooo we&#8217;d finished our trek. Hom and Dhan found us a taxi and we were on our way back to Pokhara for a warm shower and shampoo. After ...

... me through this &#8211; this is seriously tough going</li></ol>The day started with hot porridge for me and Nepal belly for Neil! Not a great start but he soldiered on, with a few stops for re-hydration powder, up the 3280 steps to our first stop. Factoid for you - those steps were part of the original pathway between Nepal and Tibet. The day was exhausting but also gave us our first sights of the Annapurna range, amazing scenery and views &#8211; well worth the ...

... Park. We really enjoyed the rafting, camping on the beach was a definite high light and all the guys we went with were great. this has given us a taste to do some hardcore white water rafting next time. After the lorry ride we got a horse and cart to Sauraha which is a small village just outside of Chitwan National Park. We are planning to spend a few nights here before heading on to India.

... madness, driving through rivers and almost hanging of the edge of cliffs. We arrived in Ghasa quite late so just stayed in the nearest tea house and went to sleep after another long day. <br><br>Day 12 - Ghasa to Tatopani 13km now at 1200m<br>We decided to walk to Tatopani from Ghasa as it was only a 4 hour trek. The walk was mostly through the jungle and the sun was shinning so was a really nice last walk. There were no other trekkers to be seen ...

... The ganges let me tell<br>you is filthy, If anyone has a cup of coffee in front of them now it is<br>that sort of colour and apparently good water has 500 micro litres of<br>faecal bacteria the ganges has 1.5 million which basically means the<br>water is septic as there is virtually no oxygen in the water, however<br>fish still live in the water and you can get fish curry in the local<br>restaurants but you have got to be a brave woman.....<br>On the ganges<br>people do literally wash ...

... wonderful that we were all showered! No more greasy hair and sticky skin... Pasta, yak meat (not bad!), mars and snikers pies were our menu tonight and God knows how great it felt after this long day. I thought of little Johnny wondering if he'll make it to the summit of Everest. After playing Spades with Jonathan, Martha and Deana (we are catching up with Deana and Martha!) we called it a night. Did I mention in the previous days how we taught Dawa and Pemba ...

... from Tibeto-Burmese origins. Elsewhere, Indian-looking men wearing small fez-like hats made from sacred thread are the occupational Bahun and Chhetri (the Chhetri being mostly farmers, with the notable exception of the Shah clan who are Nepal's Royal Family) people, descended from the Brahmin caste of India after being displaced by Muslim invasions during the fourteenth century. Although most Nepali people can be conveniently placed in one of several ethnic groups ...