Tikot to Swanta Trek Day 6

Today we were up early again as today is to be another long day with lots of uphill climbing & some downhills. We had morning views of Annapurna South, The Fang ( Annapuna 1) and Nilgiri Himilays. Our Homestay host brought us tea before we climbed all the way up to the community hall for breakfast. We enjoyed omelet on a buckwheat bread( pancake). We headed out for our hike and walked back down through the village, past our Homestay and the tiers of vegetables they grow. We walked through a second village before arriving at the bridge at the valley bottom and climbing up the other side to a ridge even, then higher than Tikot village. We saw a.type of plant ripped out by a bear & some leopard poop🫣 We had lots of leech areas we walked through and so many of them clinging on today...yuck😝 We had to avoid the nettles which burn. The antidote plant is always close by and a few of the group needed it. Our lunch of Dal Bhat was the best yet. We had some open landslide areas to get through, more villages and then our final climb up stairs to Swanta was unbelievable. We must have climbed straight up 2 to 3000 stairs. We arrived to a teahouse and had our own private double room this time and private bathroom (luxury). We had dinner and promptly all excused ourselves following Vimal's debriefing of our day and what we can expect for tomorrow. We were wiped.Read more