10 OCT 2011 MON – Nepal D05 Pokhara / [ABC D01 Nayapul - Tikhedhunga]

Pokhara to Nayapul via van &

Annapurna Base Camp Trek - Day 01 of 12

Nayapul 1070m – Birethanti 1000m – Sudame – Hille 1524m – Tikhedhunga 1577m

about 4.5 hours inclusive of 1 hour lunch break [Mountain Lodge]

Nayapul… steep down… cross bridge… rocky road along bank of Modi Khola… cross bridge to Birethanti (winding street paved with large stones)… ACAP checkpost… trail up… reach Sudame… climb up side of valley to reach Hille… up wide stone trail to Tikhedhunga [Indra Guest House]

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0845 near Nayapul... stopped by to take pic... that is our uncle driver

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1217 i had chicken noodle soup as main course [= our instant noodle, aka maggie mee] and tried a little portion of st's main course - dal bhat
i have very slow digestive system... so i can't eat much at lunch time especially when i need to trek almost immediately after lunch... if i have heavy lunch i sure vomit when i continue trekking after lunch... therefore for lunch i usually have noodle soup as main course plus sometimes a very small portion of st's main course...

1217 st's dal bhat

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.... after check-in... shower... laundry... rest/read/talk/think/...

met a couple from hong kong, they just returned from poon hill, they trekked without guide nor porter... haha the man said he is the porter... wow wow... he chatted with me in mandarin, alerted me that my tomorrow trail gonna be a tough one,...... haha he only chatted with me but not st... st said because by look he only found one (that's me) who can converse in mandarin... because st is always mistaken as from thailand... in fact along the trail someone greeted her 'sawadeeka' ;)

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1823 dinner... st had vege soup and i had minestrone soup... sour sour plus cheese... yum yum :)

st & i shared...

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