Annapurna Base Camp Trek - Day 08 of 12
ABC 4130m – MBC 3700m – Deurali 3231m – Himalaya 2873m – Dovan 2505m – Bamboo 2190m - Sinuwa 2340m
about 9 hours inclusive of 1 hour lunch break [Himalaya Hotel, 2873m]
the reverse way of our last two and a half days’ trail
ABC… down to MBC … down to Deurali… up & down & up &… to Himalaya, Dovan, Bamboo… up & up to Sinuwa [Sinuwa Guest House]
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0624 the white dot is Mr Moon
0625
0629
0640
0640
0748
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0654 our room for 10+1trekkers at the far end of the dinning hall... the first room of this pic
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0810 bye bye Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) 4130m
0821 life is but a stony ground... face it... approach it... at your own pace...
0824 i was humpty dumpty again... just like 5 years back when in tibet... so confirm i sure have water retention at high altitude... Mr Moon was still there to say goodbye to us...
0824
0824
0849
0913 byebye Machhapurchere Base Camp (MBC) 3700m
0914 i 'picked' a stalk of this at ABC, forgotten to take a pic then... it became bor-tar (bald) on the way down but i am still keeping it :)
0914 byebye Annapurna... and Mr Moon, behind Annapurna i suppose...
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0937
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1014 i posed a pic here 2 days ago... now again :)
1023 can really feel the skin tightness at my palms... water retention :(
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1141 taking a break at hinko cave
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1220 Himalaya 2900m
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1239
1248
1324
1325 yuba plucked these wild-berries for us to try... sour sour... can really quench thirst :)
1327 the tree of the wild-berries... in the middle of the cliff??? hahaha he did not pluck from this tree la...
1341 the small simple temple at the trail side... yuba said last time used to have very bad weather from this point to ABC... the people prayed and pledged no meat beyond this point... since then the weather condition improved...
... but when i had spaghetti for dinner at MBC, got tuna lei...
... the pledge was not to slaughter beyond this point, can food ok ;)
1341 yuba went plucking some leaf-stalks when we were near the temple... hahaha i asked him if he was plucking these for us to try (eat) again, just like the wild-berries lol...
... no la... these were for us to 'pray-pray', to resemble the offering of flowers :)
1345
1424 will i have the courage for such activity at his age???
[ let me cheer for myself... 'cathy, stay fit n positive... bold cathy bold... go cathy go...' ;) ]
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1514 drizzling... st said i looked like a penguin in this grey raincoat ;)
1700 we reached sinuwa at around 5pm, rather dark then... this picture was taken on the next morning...
i was so stink!... for 3 days no shower, my da-yi-ma (period) since yesterday afternoon......
a big thank you to the guest house owner... he so nice lor... someone was in the hot shower cum toilet room then... he showed me there and waited together with me... i told him he need not wait with me... he said something which i don't understand......
... he just wanna make sure i have real hot shower... took him 10 minutes to run and test the water and he showed me how to use... very nice of him right?
... i had a long long hot shower here... washed my hair 3 times, so smelly and oily lor... but the shower room had so many moths, big ones, small ones, white ones, brown ones,... so many lor...
1915
1915 pizza for the 4 of us :)
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1931
2045 my left foot after a long day...
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ABC 4130m – MBC 3700m – Deurali 3231m – Himalaya 2873m – Dovan 2505m – Bamboo 2190m - Sinuwa 2340m
about 9 hours inclusive of 1 hour lunch break [Himalaya Hotel, 2873m]
the reverse way of our last two and a half days’ trail
ABC… down to MBC … down to Deurali… up & down & up &… to Himalaya, Dovan, Bamboo… up & up to Sinuwa [Sinuwa Guest House]
0624
0624 the white dot is Mr Moon
0625
0629
0638
0640
0640
0748
0652
0654 our room for 10+1trekkers at the far end of the dinning hall... the first room of this pic
0656
0748
0751
0810 bye bye Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) 4130m
0821 life is but a stony ground... face it... approach it... at your own pace...
0824 i was humpty dumpty again... just like 5 years back when in tibet... so confirm i sure have water retention at high altitude... Mr Moon was still there to say goodbye to us...
0824
0824
0849
0913 byebye Machhapurchere Base Camp (MBC) 3700m
0914 i 'picked' a stalk of this at ABC, forgotten to take a pic then... it became bor-tar (bald) on the way down but i am still keeping it :)
0914 byebye Annapurna... and Mr Moon, behind Annapurna i suppose...
0937
0937
0952
1014 i posed a pic here 2 days ago... now again :)
1023 can really feel the skin tightness at my palms... water retention :(
1040
1123
1141 taking a break at hinko cave
1141
1220 Himalaya 2900m
1229
1239
1248
1324
1325 yuba plucked these wild-berries for us to try... sour sour... can really quench thirst :)
1327 the tree of the wild-berries... in the middle of the cliff??? hahaha he did not pluck from this tree la...
1341 the small simple temple at the trail side... yuba said last time used to have very bad weather from this point to ABC... the people prayed and pledged no meat beyond this point... since then the weather condition improved...
... but when i had spaghetti for dinner at MBC, got tuna lei...
... the pledge was not to slaughter beyond this point, can food ok ;)
1341 yuba went plucking some leaf-stalks when we were near the temple... hahaha i asked him if he was plucking these for us to try (eat) again, just like the wild-berries lol...
... no la... these were for us to 'pray-pray', to resemble the offering of flowers :)
1345
1408
1424 will i have the courage for such activity at his age???
[ let me cheer for myself... 'cathy, stay fit n positive... bold cathy bold... go cathy go...' ;) ]
1431
1514 drizzling... st said i looked like a penguin in this grey raincoat ;)
1700 we reached sinuwa at around 5pm, rather dark then... this picture was taken on the next morning...
a big thank you to the guest house owner... he so nice lor... someone was in the hot shower cum toilet room then... he showed me there and waited together with me... i told him he need not wait with me... he said something which i don't understand......
... he just wanna make sure i have real hot shower... took him 10 minutes to run and test the water and he showed me how to use... very nice of him right?
... i had a long long hot shower here... washed my hair 3 times, so smelly and oily lor... but the shower room had so many moths, big ones, small ones, white ones, brown ones,... so many lor...
1915
1915 pizza for the 4 of us :)
1919
1931
2045 my left foot after a long day...
2124
2125
1 comment:
the Himalayas, home of the snow, is the most impressive system of mountains on the earth, and for centuries the setting for epic feats of exploration and mountain climbing / treks, are a world into themselves. Ascending the heights and being a part of the Himalayan landscape is an experience beyond comparison.
treks to himalayas in India
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