Fishtail Lodge

... I like the location but I did move out for two nights to make the most of the freebie offered to me by the luxurious 'Fishtail Lodge' , on account of the company sending plenty of custom their way. I think I should have been entitled to a free stay ...

... . Combination of up, down and flat terrain. We stayed in Chomrong town.  Sipped tea and played cards with Annapurna I and Fishtail snow capped mountain in clear and close view.  Got one of the most amazing foot and leg massage that I have ever ...

... so they could start their trek on time (a bit outside our budget). Six days were spent staying in the 'luxury' Fishtail Lodge (don't bother - very tired and run down), wandering around the nearby hills, renting Indian made mountain bikes (so called ...

... ), and the wonderful sounding machhapuchre (aka fishtail, because it has twin peaks which viewed from certain angles looks like a... yep, fishtail). these mountains form a huge circle at the top end of the modi khola valley, so that if you look down on it ...

... look at the Annapurna range as the sun rose. It was awesome, as the light dawned you could see Macchapuchare (Fishtail) along with Dhaulagiri and Annapurna South, all peaks above 7000 metres, covered in snow looking foreboding and impressive. We had ...