The view from the toilet at the start of the hike...along the way all crouching toilets with no toilet paper
It is called tea house trekking cause of all the small villages you pass through along the way
Scott, our guide Gokhul and porter Syrkie (actually from Sherpa tribe!)
After our first lunch of Dhal Bat (traditional dish of rice and lentils)
The route
Our accommodation for the night
Hotel glenhazel in the trees? Maybe a buddhist thing
The view from the suspension bridge outside town
Day 2
What a spot for a cup of Masala tea!
My favourite metamorphic rocks everywhere! so shiny!! With the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates colliding...makes for some fun geology!
Four seasons hotel!
To keep the ghosts out of the town...put up every year during a certain festival
Destination for the night
Our accommodation for the night at 2 800 m...luke warm showers, no heaters in the room, a fire that was only started in the evening and prefabricated rooms that meant you could hear everyone snoring! but still very nice none the less...even wifi! (but didn't try it cause had to pay)
Superview lodge (if you can see the name in small letters on the side of the roof)
Very icy hike up Poonhill at sunrise
Icy steps
My holy shoes said waterproof, but i didn't trust them...so put plastic bag between my top pairs of socks
Day 3 - what amazing clouds
Lots of snow and ice so eventually had to wear crampons...while Gokhul and Serki had to help Scott along
Crazy icicles
Chilly lunch stop - kept hiking to get down to warmer temperatures
Hmmm?
But the view from Hotel Magnificent explained a lot
Lots and lots of stairs! Inbetween beautiful jungle
Day 4 - more downhill!
Celebratory lunch at the end! Including a snickers spring roll (more honey than anything)
Snickers spring roll!
Scott's fungal infection by the end...most likely from water born diseases!
What a great hotel room and view to come back to in pokhara with hot water and our first heater
Scott's way of making it down the five flights of stairs with sore legs...I did it backwards
And sunrise the next morning
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