We woke to a little view of the Himalayas. You could see a glimpse behind much fog and clouds of the famous fishtail mountain and the Annapurna range. When I say glimpse - you really had to TRY to see them!
However since the views for the far mountains were very few the last 2 months, everyone was out with a smile to take photos.
Our spirits lifted a little. But only a little.
Talking to people, there was MORE leeches and many to come - especially to the ABC and also to Ghoreapani. AUGH.
Feeling low and a bit demoralised we decided to head for Ghorepani and skip the ABC. Why - we would have to trek thru the same areas twice which would demoralize us more when we KNOW the leeches to come and 2 with the monsoon weather we would have to trek hard due to alot of landslides.
So we headed to East to Ghorepani. However after treking 6 hours with many leeches but not AS MANY - lets say 5 a minute now - we stopped at the halfway point Tadapani - meaning "far water"
Here we had an all windows view of the clouds and the fog. The family here was great with 2 young sisters doing much of the cleaning and cooking while the family were out in the fields working the crops.
We decided to pay for a hot shower - which turned out to be very cold - but at least it was not glacier like this time! hehehe
Played cards and sat by the warm fire - we rested a bit easier. The next say was storming badly - so we decided to wait it out here since we were in no hurry.
So the girls taught me how to cook some local dishes. Otherwise we played cards and talked more about our plans for the future.
Ciao for now..
