Trek day two! After discovering that there is very little to do in the trekking villages we requested breakfast at 8.30 as opposed to leaving at 7.30 as our guide suggested. After a bowl of porridge and putting on our wet clothes which just hadn't tried thanks to monsoon rains over night, we set off on our 4-5 hour walk.
The walk wasn't too intense, though it began to get pretty hot at some points which wasn't ideal. We also had our first encounter with leeches. Grim. After a couple of hours of walking I asked Ganesh how much further it would be, to which he replied half an hour! Somehow we'd done the 4-5 hour trek in 2.5! We were very glad we hadn't set off at 7.30 as we'd have arrived at the village by 10, though just after 12 wasn't much better! The village was beautiful with amazing mountain views from our room, which did improve the long time we spent there.
We filled the afternoon with a wander around the (tiny) village, watching a couple of pre-downloaded netflix episodes on katie's iPad, dinner and a lot of games of cards. Being quick trekkers makes the day a bit boring evidently, though with an early wake up the next day it was probably a good thing that we got a lot of rest.
Laura x
The walk wasn't too intense, though it began to get pretty hot at some points which wasn't ideal. We also had our first encounter with leeches. Grim. After a couple of hours of walking I asked Ganesh how much further it would be, to which he replied half an hour! Somehow we'd done the 4-5 hour trek in 2.5! We were very glad we hadn't set off at 7.30 as we'd have arrived at the village by 10, though just after 12 wasn't much better! The village was beautiful with amazing mountain views from our room, which did improve the long time we spent there.
We filled the afternoon with a wander around the (tiny) village, watching a couple of pre-downloaded netflix episodes on katie's iPad, dinner and a lot of games of cards. Being quick trekkers makes the day a bit boring evidently, though with an early wake up the next day it was probably a good thing that we got a lot of rest.
Laura x
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