We couldn’t leave Nepal without at least accomplishing on trek.
Therefor we chose the Annapurna Panorama Trek. According to some guides, this
trek takes 5 days. Courageous as we are, we walked a little faster.
We started from Birethanti (1000m), a lovely village near a
river. From there the route is lovely and as you slowly gain in altitude the
view becomes more and more gorgeous. Tourists and porters, goats and mules
crossed our way along a clear defined path. This oh so lovely way changes at Tikhedhunga
(1540m). What Cheun likes to call "the stairs of hell" – in fact there are more
than 3300 steps- lead to Ulleri (2080m). Sweaty, grumpy and tired, we arrived in
Ulleri after 2 (very!!) long hours of stairs. A hot soup gave us enough
strength to continue what would have been the second days tour to Ghorepani
(2750m). Finally arriving there after the 9 hours walk/climb, we had dinner and
went to bed early. Poon Hill (see next post) was waiting on us.
On the next day, after climbing to Poon Hill and having breakfast we decided to
continue our way without fixing a schedule or a goal to achieve. Finally we
arrived in Tadapani (2630m). This was a lovely and easy walk (going moderately
up and down) offering spectacular panorama views. On the last days we headed to
Ghandruk (1940m) an idyllic village. Unfortunately the sky was clouded, so
there was no need to stay there overnight and admire the Fishtail (Machhapuchhare)
the next day. So we continued the 5 hours walk downhill to Birethanti (1000m)
again.
All in all this trek was very compfortable; we had great
lodges, warm showers – and you want them on 3000m!- and good food. If we come
back to Nepal in the future- one never knows- we are going to do a more
difficult trek.
