the night before ABC i and many other people, some tourists, but mostly nepalis, slept in the dining room because all the lodges close to ABC were overbooked. some of the nepails work as guides, others as porters - they carry the bags of the tourists. they said its between 35 and 40 kg, and it looks like this:
porter
the way was always down to the river...
...and on the other side...
...up again
on the 4th day i went via chomrong and padapani to gorepani, which is actually on the annapurna circuit trek. in the morning i went up poon hill for sunrise...
annapurna in front, machhapuchhare "fish tail" in the back
down the valley, my way for the last day
dhalaugiri on the right side, 8.167 m
it was cold
dhaulagiri again
...now on the left, annapurna on the right
down again, into the jungle
"animals of the jungle"
working on the rice field
cutting rice
preparing the rice...
...to be brought away
unfortunately this place was closed!
a last look back into the valley
today i booked a bus to ambassa, next to bardia national park,westnepal, asia! i will go there tomorrow, about 15 hours bus ride...i wonder how i will feel after that! i will spend some time in the park, hopefully seeing many animals - but being safe!! and after that i will probably go straight to india.
paragliding was nice, its a great feeling to be there up in the sky! and quite funny, my pilot was a guy from bulgaria who was in the same plane to kathmandu with us some weeks ago!!
in the air
view down the valley
for the worst case i got a bicycle helmet for my security!!
children dancing and singing because of festival
one had too small, one too big
on monday in the morning flo left to india, and i went to phedi to do the annapurna base camp trek (ABC), also known as annapurna sanctuary trek. actually i didnt want to go there because it is said to be crowded, but the other trekking areas are quite expensive to enter. and since i want to go to india soon i had to do something not too long. it was really beautiful, but once again: pictures can by far not represent how it really is!! but they might help to understand (and are more interesting then the text, i know...)
i started down there in the valley
typical village
machhapuchhare, 6.997 m.
annapurna, 8.091 m
the annapurna base camp, my destination, was more or less in between these two mountains (annapurna in the west of the other one).
rice fields are everywhere
children in the village, giving flowers and hoping for "chocolate" (any kind of sweet welcomed!)
besides early morning it was mostly cloudy
one bridge...
...and another
a huge moth (nachtfalter), the lighter is normal size!
a fight in the streets
more clouds on the second day
horses, donkeys and humans are used for transportation
jungle
on the 3rd day i left deorali at 5 in the morning (with head lamp, it was completely dark, but with plenty and plenty of stars) and went in 3 hours to ABC, where i could enjoy the phantastic view for another 3 hours before the clouds came again...
