Trekking: Day Two

of two.

Once we reached our lodgings for the night, New Excellent View Guest House in the tiny village of Dhampus, there wasn’t much to do. We took a little walk around the area and waited for dinner time. (A wait that included far too much game playing, if you ask me.)

The guest house provided the basics. And by basics I mean: electricity only in the dining room, unheated water, and a candle. Thankfully, the bedding kept us quite warm through the night… which was a necessity since we had another day of hiking ahead of us.

Day two of the trek took us through a more inhabited area. It was fascinating to see the local people going about their business working in their fields. At midday we stopped for lunch at another guest house. Molly and Frances booked a para gliding ride for the next morning, so they stayed at the top while Mike and I hiked down.

My goodness. The hike down was horrible. Momentum wanted my body to move much faster than my joints would allow. If I could have run down at parts it would have been better, but the rocky ground and sharp drops made that option far too frightening.

Just as I was cursing the uneven ground and wishing for at the very least some comfortable gravel to walk on, we reached the main road back to Pokhara! Now all we had to do was walk into town, pick up our packs, and find a hotel.

xo, jill