Our little family adventure

We left Kagbeni this morning after a yummy Tsampa porridge breakfast and followed the river upstream. We were about to head back to the road when we came across a family herding mountain goats who showed us part of the way, we saw one of their tiny day of goats and the had to climb up from the river to the road side. We were met with newly tarred road, which was odd but made for easier walking. The view was nothing short of spectacular, with huge mountain peaks all around. The road is tarred as the are a huge number of jeeps heading up to Muktinath, a holy pillgramage site for Hindus. So much of their tourism over the past 10 years has moved from trekking to Nepalese and Indian pillgrams. Lila managed to do some walking to a nice view point and we were lucky to catch a lift on the back of a tractor and then walked to what we thought was our next destination, however was the village before. We decided to rest here for the night and rethought whether we would aim for Muktinath, as this was quite an amazing old village.Leia mais

Today we woke to a clear morning and were treated to views of the snow capped peaks of Dhaulagiri and Annapurna I mountains. We have our last day of climbing before we got to the peak at The before starting our downhill descent. Another slow few hours of climbing lots of stone stairs often being passed by groups of mules carrying building supplies or food to Ghorepani (as it can only be accessed by foot). The hard work of the mules and their herders is contrasted by the almost hypnotic and meditative sounds they make with their bells around their necks. We finally reached Ghorepani and then had a lovely simple lunch at a home restaurant and Lila had a play with their little girl and homemade swing. We decided not to stay in Ghorepani and had some tea whilst we experienced some monsoon downpour. Lila was very excited to done her wet weather gear and we started our descent through lovely forest before stopping for the night at the next village.Leia mais