Beginning of the hike
The winding road into the trail
Scanning our hiking route
An hour into the hike and I'm already lagging behind. Between my belabored breathing, I managed to squeak out a high-pitch "so beautiful" every once awhile
how much longer?
Our homestay. We stayed with a number of different families during our trek. They all had similar style homes. The main focal point of the house is their kitchen. Everything happens in this kitchen- breakfast, lunch, dinner, birth, wedding, and death.
Our guide leading us into the most challenging part of the trek. We could see a storm cloud up ahead.
Smack in the middle of the blizzard.
4900 meters above sea level- summit
When started our descent, we started getting the CTH (camera trigger-happy) syndrome
The Mantra of Compassion (Om Mani Padme Hum) written on a table by the side of the road
Watching the moonrise from our homestay
Next morning, greetings from the cow
We're exhausted...
and filthy
A flag marking the descent into a lush valley
where we found farmers and cow in valley taking break under the shade
River crossing. We get carried across in this trolley
wee!!!
pulled by our underpaid and overwork guide
Destination arrived
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