My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited - Trekking to Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal.

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The teahouses along the Annapurna trek cost roughly AUD80c a night. This one had such thin walls I could take a photo of Sally from my room next door. Her expression shows the altitude getting to her. She had lost her appetite by this time and struggled to make it out of bed.

Chocolate bars for dinner at Deurali. 3200m high and -5 degrees. We walked through fog for hours to reach this teahouse and couldn't see 5 metres in front of us the whole time. The only warmth came from a gas cooker placed under that table.

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The last two hours trek up to Annapurna Base camp were by far the hardest of the whole walk. The thin air combined with aching legs and pure exhaustion meant we had to stop and rest frequently. Our Sherpa, Lara, is even feeling it.

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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited - Trekking to Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal.

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