DAY 1 – Kathmandu to Besi Sahar by Bus
A big 20 passenger bus drove up to our hotel, The Marsyangdi, carrying the guide, porters, and the gear. They loaded our packs onboard and we headed off to the town of Besi Sahar where...
A big 20 passenger bus drove up to our hotel, The Marsyangdi, carrying the guide, porters, and the gear. They loaded our packs onboard and we headed off to the town of Besi Sahar where...
Our trek began with a light rainfall. Pretty much stayed a light drizzle all day. We walked right through the fields where the locals were tilling their crops. The worst part of this day...
From the dawn of mankind, the human male has been driven by a survival instinct to assert his superiority over other males. All the while, the female of the species stood by…laughing. -Irene...
We are headed to Tombstone Territorial Park in Yukon Territory, Canada! The plan is to drive from Anchorage to Dawson City, Canada via The Taylor/Top of The World Highway. We’ll spend a couple...
Billy awoke feeling better today and we headed off to Tal. Good grief! the route map had a section labeled “long, hot hill.” Really…it’s labeled like that on the map! What it doesn’t tell...
The trek almost ended today…again. This time it was me who got sick. I thought I was going to have to cash in that expensive rescue insurance and get medevaced back to Pokhara. That’s...
I woke up feeling fine. A miraculous recovery. I suspect my co-worker James Jones must have been including us in his prayers. I hope he doesn’t stop, we still have 14 days to...
Last night was interesting. Around 1am we were awakened by what sounded like 2 rifle shots in succession. Naturally, my husband the life member of “conspiracy theorists anonymous”, immediately went into Army...
The road to Manang was right out of the Clint Eastwood movie “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. The first hour of walking was straight uphill. We gained about 1300 ft in altitude and when we...
Our guide let us sleep in today. We got our usual wake up call at 6:30 AM instead of 5:30. Every morning we are awakened with the greeting “Namaste, Sir, Madam. Hot tea”....
Only 8 days to go… We arrived at the settlement of Letdar after 3 hours of uphill walking. Altitude is about 14,000 ft. Billy keeps making the comment that the next day’s walk...
Today we walked for about 3 hours to Thorung Pedi, elevation 15,000 ft. This isn’t a village, it’s just a collection of buildings that serve as an Inn for the trekkers....
We were awakened at 3:30am with the usual pot of hot tea and washing water in our tent. The morning didn’t seem as cold as some others (or maybe it was just all the...
Of course, I awakened to rain. Pre-monsoon season rain no less. I don’t think that Muktinath sleeps. All night I heard sounds of drums beating, cows mooing, dogs barking, water buffalos…making a weird deep...