Ride shitty bus Walk up mountain – step on rock – rock turns – boots wet – next hotel. Try to dry boot – takes ages – continue to walk next day – blister. Keep walking and walking and walking – meet cool ppl. Walk with 2 Americans, 2 Brits, 3 Americans, 2 French, 2…
Imagine a perfect triangular mountain, capped by snow and buffeted by the icy winds of the Himalaya. Imagine a millpond calm lake, perfectly reflecting the snowy peaks. Now imagine a village on the lakeshore, thronged by travellers and reverberating to the sound of ‘om mani padme hum’ from a hundred shops selling prayer flags, carpets,…
The next day, Rebecca and I went into the Langtang valley towards the Langshisha Kharka mountain. We walked about 3 hours in and 3 hours out again. More or less it is flat – still, somehow it does drain energy. We did meet this guy, 2 yak shepherds, and a Russian trekker. Tranquility in definition…
Today i went to the trekking permit office – you need 3 passport pictures and have to fill 2 forms out. And 35€ lighter you have a permit and a kind of trekking passport. Great! Did find a Nivea lip balm with SFP 20! Very nice – if it is a faked one they even…
Panoramic view of the Langtang Mountain. The green peak on the right is the next stop. Almost up – 4606 meters – and the clouds did come fast now. So only a short stop. And i had the room key – Rebecca is on the way down to take a shower – not good! So…
Only a few more meters up and we are at the last settlement in the valley. Our destination for the day. Sunshine and mild temperatures – a great day for breakfast in front of the GH. Than it was time for another hike. Rebecca and me went up to a hill with some flags on…
As the days get shorter and the nights get colder people here in the Langtang National Park prepare for winter. That means the harvest has to be brought in and prepared for storage. Yak dung gets dried in the sun for cooking fires as well as heating. It is nice to watch the locals work…
After a few days in Kathmandu we took the Bus towards Langtang National Park 1st stop up in the mountains Hmmmm snow-capped mountains Trekking permit control. We getting closer – only a few more kilometre till we reach the park. We went to a small hotel and where happy to escape the “Bus from Hell”….
Had a few great days in Langtang. Will try to post a few pix tomorrow! Now back in this noise and dust that calls itself Kathmandu…
While i sit in a bus crossing Nepal’s roads towards Langtang the blog works like magic and puts this post on line. I love it :-) More walking in the city More temple and stuff Oh energy saving street lamps – nice when we had power outs the last nights…. Later we went to the…
Sharee took us to the “Monkey Temple” – a nice place on a hill. Of course there are monkeys Devotees Birds Old dogs Old monks Young monks A view of Kathmandu as well Small dogs Prayer flags and stupas Beeer!!! great! Regular dogs and bored monkey mamas. Not bad for the 1st day. I stay…
Will Rail & Fly to Frankfurt at the 25th of October in the morning. Than take a Air India Jet to New Delhi – getting there the same day. If – IF! – the new metro is ready i shall metro into the center – other than that i guess i taxi and sleep one…