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13/01/2014
We skipped breakfast and just bought some coconut biscuits for breakfast. No Parle-G. Walked and saw amazing views of Annapurna 2. Was so beautiful with its snow capped top. We kept on walking and a group of ponies with people on over took us. Man if we could only hitch hike a ride!! We hit a lunch spot where we met Vicky, a Norwegian girl, 22, who was trekking solo by her self. She'd done Everest Base Camp before and explained they move it closer down the mountain just so then more and more tourists can reach it. Again had porridge and sprinkles in some nuts and mounds of sugar. We then set off for Upper Pissang, which is the more scenic route of higher elevation as opposed to lower Pissang which sits in the valley. The village made of wooden lodges blended into its backdrop of a barron dry landscape. We had a mooch road before settling on a guesthouse nearer the top of the village which had a good vantage point of the valley and lower pissang. Had first shower in a while which was really really hot. When I say shower I mean a hot bucket of water to pour over yourself, but it more than did the job. Broke out the cards later on and played all the games we knew with Lawrence. Got colder on the night and I wiped out all my layers, and despite the geezer refusing to put the fire on I was nice and warm.
Talked to the owner about Tilicho lake, the highest lake in the world. Legend has it that some God took poison on behalf of village as some sort of sacrifice, and it was so burning he dived into Tilicho lake and drank to sooth his throat. Rumour has it he's still in the lake lying at the very bottom.
Treated myself and got a whopper Dhal Bhat set on the night. Met some Finnish guy who was storming the Annapurna, and he had to make it over the pass and catch a flight in a few days. Trust me if theres one place you don't want to be sort on time when needing to catch a flight its in a remote part of the Himalayas! He seemed rather blaze about the whole thing but man I'd be worrying like hell! Physically stood on the owners pet kitten later on. How it survived is beyond me.
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