Himalayas III

The last day of our 3-day trek. I was glad we were going to go down today as the altitude sickness still hadn't gone away. We had to wake up extra early today at around 5:00AM to catch the sunrise up on Poon Hill.

I went to the bathroom to freshen up only to go down to an empty lodge. Where was Lisa? Perhaps she was using the bathroom as well. I waited for a long time in the silence of the dark. Shom soon showed up, asking where Lisa was. I thought she was with him, we waited a bit and looked around a bit more but Shom said we had to go.

All my stuff was still in our room, including my gloves, trekking pole, and water. We were having breakfast after the hike up so I had no choice but to just go for it. My head was pounding, Shom was also sick. We were two sorry guys, stopping by now and then to catch our breath before continuing the hike up in total silence.

I was a bit worried about Lisa, did she go on ahead or was she behind? It was the last day and what we worked hard to see, would have been so sad if we couldn't see it together.

When we got to the top though, I was pleasantly surprised to see that Lisa was already there. She had followed another group because she thought Shom and I had already left first. Well, either way, it was great that we were able to see the sunrise. However, I was too tired and just headed straight for the benches to rest. I just wanted to start going down already, I couldn't even bring myself to go up to the observatory to get a better view. I was already quite satisfied with the views and the golden hour.

We began our hike back down together this time. Back at the teahouse, I tried to eat breakfast in the form of oatmeal and fruits which still proved a bit difficult to finish but I tried my best. I snuck in a morning shower as well, now we were about to go down, finally.

The descent was much easier, alternating with some gentle inclines every now and then but we were making good progress. Just after a few hours, we got to the van pick up areas and thus the trek was over. We were well on our way to Pokhara once again, stopping by for lunch in between.Read more