Nov 24 Tues – Woke up and felt much better. After breakfast of huge omelets and milk tea, we watch the porters who were bursting with energy like gladiators assembling our baggage and more or less sprinted away with our big backpacks doubled-up on their backs, poking fun at each other and laughing heartily. These boys are always in good spirits. Our legs reluctantly carried us up to Ghorepani (2860M), another 850M ascent with a conservative schedule of a 7 hours trek.
The itinerary said we will pass through large magar village then through giant rhododendron jungle. The shades in the forests are welcomingly cool and pleasant, but once we are under the sun it feels a bit warm again. It was all the way up up uphill!
Stopped at Nangathanti Green View Lodge to have hot honey lemon and toilet stop. Later we had lunch with fried rice at Banthanti (2660M) and continued with our uphill climb. Ang Gelu, our assistant guide, made a very nice straight walking stick from a green bamboo for YP immediately after lunch as she has no walking stick and she is dropping behind.
There was no rhododendron to be seen, only the tiny buds waiting to bloom in Jan/Feb when it’s winter. By 5pm we made it to Ghorepani’s Dhaulagiri View Lodge & Restaurant. They claimed to have hot water shower but it was rather just a cold bath, but at least we managed a bath. There was a very warm furnace burning in the dining room and so all of us sat round it for a long time to warm ourselves and dry our towels and wet hair.
There was steam coming up from our towels so you can imagine how hot was the furnace.
The boys played the Nadal and Temba taught me to count in Nepali. There was a kitten curled up cosily near the furnace and we all tried to play with it but it seemed only interested in sleeping.
Had some thukpa and momos for dinner and Jangbu brought us some raksee to try. It is a wine made from millets and tasted like Japanese sake.
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