My Annapurna Trek

November 21/2009 Log entry "Pokhara, scared stiff paragliding" I slept well, not sick! Had coffee and tea on the balcony then went to a coffee shop for a bit of breakfast. Alan, Jocko and I went to th..

November 20/2009 Log entry "Pokhara" A day of organizing trips, laundry etc. We walked around to the various shops to compare options and we finally booked paragliding for Saturday and two days of raf..

November 19/2009 Log entry "Tatopani to Pokhara" Up early and down to the hot springs for a soak before breakfast. We have booked a private jeep to take us to Pokhara. The ride was amazing, up and dow..

November 18/2009 Email home "Made it" Hi KittySorry it's been a long time but we have not had a village with power let alone internet. Well we left Manang in the snow while many others turned back or ..

November 18/2009 Log entry "Kalopani to Tatopani" Still feeling a bit off, certainly not great. The decision has been made to hop on a bus and ride to Tatopani and its hot springs, rather than walk th..

November 17/2009 Log entry "Jomsom to Kalopani" Very, very windy, we had to wear or bandanas because the blowing sand and dust was so bad. The village of Marpha which is the "Apple Capital of Nepal" w..

November 16/2009 Log entry "Muktinath to Jomsom" A long hike down the Kaligandaki Valley. It is like a canyon and we were able to make it down to the river bed and walked it for some time. Brock was n..

November 15/2009 Log entry "Cross the pass to Muktinath" What a day! We woke up at 3:00 am and were on the trail by 4:00 am. All of us feeling the effects of the altitude and low oxygen levels to some..

November 14/2009 Log entry "Yak Kharka to Throng Phedi" We lucked in today, one of Ananda's porter friends went on ahead and booked us in at the "Throng Phedi Base camp Hotel". Things are getting busy..

November 13/2009 Log entry "Manang to Yak Kharka" Climbing up the trail, up, up we saw huge eagle like bird with a massive wing span. There are now no trees at all but lots of snow. We are in Yak coun..