Namaste.
Well it's after lunch, again nice big lunch you don't go hungry for lunches.
Lunch, tea, sit in the sun,
yep.
40 minutes rest and then it's off again,
and as predicted the downward hike has stopped.
We crossed the river at the bottom,
now, we're going back up again.
But, I think we've got ahead of the lunchtime rush,
walking to this beautiful forested area, at the moment.
Not a soul in sight, it's beautiful.
Have a look around,
so nice to have it quiet.
Got a scene over there, on the path
that's where I'm heading down, oh sorry did I say down?
That's where I'm heading, up around that corner
and there's just, no one here,
it's lovely.
So beautiful.
How am I holding up?
Well, oops
not controlling the camera well,
I do have wrong with camera batteries, so I do apologize if a couple of these episodes are a bit shorter than normal
because
I'm having trouble
charging batteries. Yesterday I used three of my four batteries, and only got half of one charged yesterday
which meant I started this morning with one and a half full batteries.
Yeah, I know. Now I did also at lunch time
manage to get some charge in a battery, so I'm back to one and a half batteries with half a day to go.
But I desperately need, need to get charge in the camera batteries tonight. I've got four in total,
it's not going to be enough if I can't charge every night,
so
I'm going to try and keep filming down to the minimum and only film the really great stuff.
It's so difficult to do, there's so much to film so much to see, I don't want you guys to miss out. Fine. Okay well
I'll get what I can get and I'll show it to you in the meantime. Let's enjoy this peace and quiet.
This is the way to go.
Somewhere around that mountain.
We're not even halfway yet,
from the whole trek not today.
In the last hour of trekking today, that's really nice
My legs could do with a rest.
Survived another day, just.
Well, no, I did survive it more than just I mean I survived it, but the day isn't quite finished yet
I've got maybe another half an hour, hour hiking left but we're on the last leg of the day and as you can see
we're heading into that beautiful scene,
we're heading somewhere down in the valley down there.
It, uh, yes down, we did do some up today who did a majority of down and
because
the huge mountains have huge valleys between them and
to get over the mountains and round the mountains you have to skirt around the edges
I don't know if you can see, but there's a tiny little path skirting around the edge of that mountain
that's where I'm going tomorrow.
Yes so to go up to the higher peaks, to what's called ABC which is Annapurna Base Camp,
that's where I'm heading for my last night of my highest altitude before start coming down again,
you have to go up up like we did the first days, then down mostly
today into the valley down again tomorrow then around the mountain up a little bit
then I think it's a bit up and down the next day, and then it's the big day up to the base camp.
But been a pleasant day I
got my second wind shortly after breakfast, managed the ups and the downs
with a few rests, a few snacks, some lunch,
cuppa tea here and there, a couple of stops for photographs.
But I'm feeling okay now, although my legs and my feet are definitely telling me
they're exercising more than normal.
But I'm gonna do it.
I am gonna do it, I am gonna get into the snowy peaks that's where I'm going and you are coming with me.
Come on.
It's the end of the day,
Made it.
Rooms with shoes and bags outside
fine-looking doggie, hello pooch, how are you doing? How you doing? Hey?
Or your nice thick coat hey, you're a beautiful looking dog.
I'll come and say hello to you a little more,
I'm just going to show
people the rooms.
There's the mountains.
Laundry
And out over here, is the view down.
There we go
You can't see at the moment, there we go
the river down there
that's we're heading down to tomorrow before we go back up again.
Yeah, I know, crazy idea hiking and trekking isn't it?
As it is,
the last shot of daylight hours as the sun dissappears behind the mountain.
I don't know if you can see it but just peeking in there
you can just if you look carefully, is the annapurna peak just sneaking through there. Honest it is.
Carefully, well hopefully it'll maybe clear out later, and I'll show you some more shots of it.
If not it's good night from me
I'm gonna take these shoes off and get a shower.
I just realized I didn't film the room for you.
So here it is, sorry about the mess.
It's a nice clean tidy room it has a power socket, and I've got a battery on to charge, so I'm charging like crazy
that's good news. There's my bed with all the mess over it.
Sorry about that, and
a bathroom, which apparently has a hot shower and a toilet.
It's a hot shower I'm interested in.
So there we go
and there's I've just dumped everything
put on some fresh shoes, some fresh clothes, and then I'm out
to see if I can get some sunset
or some
action on that mountain.
Evening puss
How are you doing hey?
By the fire, good cat.
Momo again, chicken Momo with a new spice
So steamed Momo so tasty and filling and let's hope we're not too spicy this evening, lets eat up.
Just for the record this spice tonight it's
steaming my ears off. I know it's cold here
if I get cold in the night I'll just eat the tiniest bit of this
my eyes are watering and I really can feel my ears are steaming.
And my throat, I've lost my voice.
I'm actually going to try to water it down with tomato ketchup because the sauce is really nice.
But oh my goodness.
Some of the spices I've had have been mildly spicy, but this...
must be because we're above the snow line.
Anyway lets eat up.
Momo with really
scary spice. Not the spice girls.
I'm so tall look at me six foot tall.