{"id":1239,"date":"2010-12-13T11:21:45","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T10:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2010-12-13T11:21:45","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T10:21:45","slug":"up-towards-upper-pisang-another-day-at-the-annapurna-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/up-towards-upper-pisang-another-day-at-the-annapurna-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"Up towards Upper Pisang &#8211; Another Day at the Annapurna Trek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/132.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><br \/>\nUsually when you leave (or enter) a village they have the Mani Walls, and than a sort of gate tower &#8211; usually with prayer wheels. Mani Walls are a compilation of nice carved stone tablets, most with the inscription &#8220;Om Mani Padme Hum&#8221; which loosely translates to &#8220;Hail to the jewel in the lotus&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/133.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/134.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"409\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/1356.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/136.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><br \/>\nI never saw a rock wall like that before &#8211; for days you can see it &#8211; in front and later behind you. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/137.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/138.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><br \/>\nFairy like forest: nice and creepy at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/139.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/140.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><br \/>\nThat night i did stay at one of the not so good gh of the trek. The good part of it was that the 2 British and the 3 American did stay at the same place so at last dinner and breakfast was ok. not the food but the company! I had a window facing one of the Annapurna mountains. As it was almost full moon the view in the night was really amazing. Still lots of stars and the white snow mountain &#8211; had even to go out of bed and open the window to see it better!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/141.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><br \/>\nGood morning &#8211; blue sky again &#8211; great!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/142.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2010\/nepal\/143.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Annapurna Trekking\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usually when you leave (or enter) a village they have the Mani Walls, and than a sort of gate tower &#8211; usually with prayer wheels. Mani Walls are a compilation of nice carved stone tablets, most with the inscription &#8220;Om Mani Padme Hum&#8221; which loosely translates to &#8220;Hail to the jewel in the lotus&#8221;. 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