If you do the regular Annnapurna Circuit Trek you will not be doing this. You would be walking to high camp at 4800 meters after Letdar. However weather had other ideas for us. When I got up I could hear the rain, once again, before I saw it. Even though it was not snowing anymore…
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- Day 7 The Snowfall at Letdar
On day seven my trek started deviating from the proposed itinerary. I was supposed to walk to the high camp (4800 meters) on day 7 and on day 8 we would have crossed the Thorang-La pass if things went according to plan. But they didn’t. I got up early in the morning and went to…
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- Day 6 Manang to Letdar
As it was raining when I went to sleep, I wondered if walking from Manang to Letdar would be in pouring rain. When I got up I could hear the rain before I could see it. But when you have to go you have to go! So I got out and went about having an…
Yellow Billed Hornbill
I have a love-hate relationship with bird photography. I love photographing birds and I hate the amount of trouble they give me in taking pictures. However I do get lucky sometimes, like when I clicked this Yellow Billed Hornbill (described as flying bananas by our guide Erick) Manyeleti Game Reserve in South Africa. And now…
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- Day 5 Rest and Acclimatization Day at Manang
Even though it was a rest day, I still woke up at 5.30 am and looked out of the window. And after just one look, I went to sleep again, it was completely overcast, not a patch of color that I usually associate with the sunrise or the morning sky! I eventually woke up at…
In the Sky with South African Airways
I was thinking about my South Africa trip today, I actually think about it often. And what a wonderful trip it was! I had severe withdrawal symptoms till I went and trekked in Nepal. So I thought I have to post a few pictures from the South Africa Trip again. I hope I will go…
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- Day 4 Pisang to Manang
In May 2012 when I was flying out of Lukla after the Everest Base Camp Trek there were posters all over the place saying, “See you in Manang.” Well, there I was, at Manang. When I woke up at 5.45 in the evening it was completely overcast and the wind was howling all around. When…
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- Day 3 Chame to Pisang
After a good rest and 2 chapatis and an omelet for breakfast I was ready to start for Pisang. There was no rain when I started off, the route as usual was beautiful. As usual there were clouds. I was a bit optimistic as I had a relatively easy time walking from Dharapani to Chame….
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- Day 2, Dharapani to Chame
This was one of the few walks when I didn’t die on the route. I came to Chame more or less in one piece. And this was one place where my Ncell phone connection worked. Ncell worked very well on the Everest Base Camp Trek but not so on Annapurna Circuit Trek. In fact, Chame…
Annapurna Circuit Trek- Reaching Sangey, Sangey to Dharapani, Nepal
Last year I trekked up to Everest Base Camp in Nepal in May so I was determined to go back this year. I could not take leaves in May, the earliest I could leave was 8th June. I landed at Tribhuvan International Airport on that very day. The plan was to trek the Annapurna Circuit….