Day 1
After the frantic, last-minute preparation for the trek, we were excited to finally start our first day of hiking. In the morning, our breakfast (usually ordered the night before for 6:30 the next morning) of muesli and fruit, vegetable egg fried potatoes, and Tibetan fry bread proved to be too much food; eventually we settled on a routine of a bowl of muesli with a boiled egg or sharing a plate of vegetable egg fried potatoes. We then set out with Ian and Lisa, a friendly couple from Australia who had been fellow passengers on our bus. It was a cloudy, hazy morning and we couldn’t see the tops of the hills around us or the peaks ahead, but we still enjoyed the tropical scenery as we hiked through tiny villages and past waterfalls and amazing terraced rice paddies before stopping for the day at the village of Ghermu (1,240m/4,068ft).
Day 2
We set out again with Ian and Lisa and pushed steadily uphill until we reached the village of Tal (1,700m/5,577ft). At Tal, we entered the Manang District, which marked the start of a gradual transition from a Hindu influenced region to the Tibetan influenced areas at higher elevations.
Day 3
The four of us were thrilled to wake up to our first blue skies of the trek and dramatic views of the peaks around us as we hiked. At lunch in Dharapani, we caught our first glimpse of an 8,000m (about 26,250ft) peak – Manaslu. We could really feel the increasing Tibetan influence as we hiked to our destination of Danaque (2,270m/7,448ft).
Day 4
We encountered a memorable uphill slog from Danaque to Temang, where the trail then flattened out and made for a much easier hike the rest of the way to Chame (2,720m/8,924ft), where we stopped for the evening. Chame is a pretty village with dramatic scenery and our first views of Annapurna II (7,937m/26,040ft).
Click on the photo below for our Annapurna Circuit Part 2 photo album.
After the frantic, last-minute preparation for the trek, we were excited to finally start our first day of hiking. In the morning, our breakfast (usually ordered the night before for 6:30 the next morning) of muesli and fruit, vegetable egg fried potatoes, and Tibetan fry bread proved to be too much food; eventually we settled on a routine of a bowl of muesli with a boiled egg or sharing a plate of vegetable egg fried potatoes. We then set out with Ian and Lisa, a friendly couple from Australia who had been fellow passengers on our bus. It was a cloudy, hazy morning and we couldn’t see the tops of the hills around us or the peaks ahead, but we still enjoyed the tropical scenery as we hiked through tiny villages and past waterfalls and amazing terraced rice paddies before stopping for the day at the village of Ghermu (1,240m/4,068ft).
Day 2
We set out again with Ian and Lisa and pushed steadily uphill until we reached the village of Tal (1,700m/5,577ft). At Tal, we entered the Manang District, which marked the start of a gradual transition from a Hindu influenced region to the Tibetan influenced areas at higher elevations.
Day 3
The four of us were thrilled to wake up to our first blue skies of the trek and dramatic views of the peaks around us as we hiked. At lunch in Dharapani, we caught our first glimpse of an 8,000m (about 26,250ft) peak – Manaslu. We could really feel the increasing Tibetan influence as we hiked to our destination of Danaque (2,270m/7,448ft).
Day 4
We encountered a memorable uphill slog from Danaque to Temang, where the trail then flattened out and made for a much easier hike the rest of the way to Chame (2,720m/8,924ft), where we stopped for the evening. Chame is a pretty village with dramatic scenery and our first views of Annapurna II (7,937m/26,040ft).
Click on the photo below for our Annapurna Circuit Part 2 photo album.
Sounds like a wonderful adventure P and N. Please take lots of notes because Amanda and I want to do this trek in the future.
ReplyDeletePatrick took very detailed notes of the entire trek and I'm sure he'd be more than happy to share them with you guys!
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