Nepal, part 2

Picking up from the last blog, we left the Australian camp to get back on the trail after breakfast.  Jackson and I are going to tell this story together…

On our way on the trail, we got stopped by a group of kids singing a traditional trekking song called Resham Firiri (you can see an example of a  group of kids singing it here).  They usually ask for money.

Here’s some pictures of us starting on the trail, walking through the forest.

At Pothana, our guide checked us in to the “Conservation  Area” (you have to get passes to trek in certain parts of Nepal).

We stopped and had a break at Deurali where there was many chickens and roosters.  Deurali is perched on a hillside where you can have an amazing view, including Annapurna South which you can see over Cameron’s shoulder through the clouds.

After our break we got on the trail once again and continued our hike.  We mostly went downhill from Deurali to Tolka where we had lunch.  Here’s a bunch of pictures of us along the trail.  In the third one, you can see just how vertical the trail can get, where we are quite close to that house, but way above it.  There were a bunch of suspension bridges that shook and rattled when you walked on them (Daddy was scared).  Cameron got a picture with a cow who was interested in us as we walked by.

This is where we stopped for lunch.  It’s another tea house in Tolka.  Many of the tea houses that we saw on the trip had really pretty flowers around them.

From Tolka we got back on the trail headed towards Landruk which is where we stayed the second night.  It was very downhill so we got to see lots of views farms and houses.  They look really amazing with all the green scenery and hills.

In October it is rice harvest time in Nepal.  We are used to seeing rice fields as very green, but these fields were all golden with the rice very high.  In the first picture, you can see a big chunk of the field has been cut down and is ready to be processed.  In the second picture, two girls were dancing and singing in the rice fields as we walked by.

We walked by this school where the kids were at recess.  There was a big volleyball match going on.  Another group of kids entertained themselves by climbing up a barbed wire fence and then sliding down the wooden light post.

Here we arriving at the Maya Guest House in Landruk, where we set up camp for the night.  But that’s a story for the next post.

Namaste! (said while holding your hands in a prayer-like position in front of you – it means “peace be with you” in Nepalese, which people use to greet each other on the trail).

-Jackson and Mark

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