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| Delicious breakfast at Pokhara
Lake View Resort, before riding on a cab to the starting
point. Double fried eggs, 2 slices of bread and some potatoes,
enough carbs for the next few hours, I supposed. |
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| The taxi driver showed us his
solemn face, he knew better than us that our hike was
going to be a tough one. |
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| Final check on the stuff we needed,
before our backpacks were tied for porters to carry for
the day. |
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| Yes, our first step, at Phedi.
This also marked the starting point of living 1000m above
sea-level for the next 10 days. |
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| 1030m ascent and 370m descent
today, omigosh! We immediately embarked on a 45-minute
steep climb. |
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| Take a break, and enjoy the first
scenic view. Pheww… |
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| Not long, we arrived at lower
Dhampus, surrounded by rice fields. |
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| Wonder who taught them the hand
signs. |
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| First sight of Machhapuchhre
(6997m), or better known as the Fish Tail Mountain. Obviously
the gloomy sky hadn't recovered from the continuous downpour
in the past 2 days. What a luck! |
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| No more cellphone signal from
this point onwards. Also, no more calendar; no more internet
surfing; no more warm mattress; no more Lost season 3
too... |
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| After passing countless Gurung
villages, we finally arrived at our destination of the
first day - the small settlement of Tolka. This is a perfect
view from my 'room'. |
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| 1 fried rice, 1 fried noodle,
1 tomato soup, 1 apple pie, and a cup of hot ginger lemon
tea, hmm... better serving than my city meal. |
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| My austere corner room, with
2 windows, but I still felt like living in a cave. Perhaps
lacking a good warm-up, the first day's hike of 6.5 hours
gave me tear-inducing muscle pain. It was quite a cold
night even at a relatively low altitude (1790m, or may
be 1793m, since I slept at upper floor). Out of sheer
tiredness, I conked out (I mean sleep) at 8pm that night. |
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