Manang - Tukuche

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Summary in English:
We decided for a side trip to Tilicho Lake after few rest days in Manang. However we woke up to the country covered by snow after the 1st day hike to the lake. As the hike to the lake has some dangerous sections it was unable to cross in snow and we had to continue to the pass instead. We headed to Yak Kharka. We had enough time. So we didn't hurry and allowed ourselves good acclimatisation. Thanks to this we could spend a night before the hike to the pass in the High Camp we no problems.

We reached the Thorung La pass without any big problems. However there was a terrible cold on the way to the pass. And behind the pass it was very windy. The countryside was very dry on the other side. But it was very nice there in a different way. The trail from Kagbeni to Tukuche follows the river valley of Kali Gandaki. It is advised to get an early start to avoid the winds that whistle up the valley after 11 am. There is possibility to take a jeep or catch a flight from Jomsom which is the bigest town in the region. However we decided to walk the treck to the end as we had enough time. We tried to avoid the dusty road from Marpha. We prefered to go via nice villages of Chhairo and Chimang with wonderful views of Dhaulagiri.




Ked uz sme mali dost oddychu a zdalo sa nam, ze sme sa na uroven Manangu uz zaklimatizovali, rozhodli sme sa pre bocny vylet k najvyssie polozenemu jazeru na svete - Tilicho, kde ma byt velmi pekne. Po prvom dni smerom k jazeru sme sa zobudili do krasne zasnezeneho rana, ktore nam nas vylet zmarilo, kedze cesta k jazeru je velmi narocna. Vsetci opustili chatu bud spat do Manangu alebo smer Yak Kharka kam sme isli aj my. Pekne pomaly smer Thorung La, casu sme mali dost a chceli sme sa poriadne zaklimatizovat, aby sme sedlo zvladli prejst, coho sme sa obavali. Ale aklimatizacia bola ucinna a kedze sme nemali ziadne priznaky vyskovej choroby, tak sme noc pred vystupom do sedla mohli prespat az v High Campe, kde sme mali mimochodom navstevu - mys v Jancovom batohu si chcela pochutnat na nasich kolacikoch.

Cesta do sedla nakoniec nebola az taka nekonecna ako sme sa obavali. Dalo sa to zvladnut aj s batohmi na chrbte akurat bola straaaasna zima. Za sedlom pre zmenu fucalo, ze sme mysleli, ze nas ufukne prec. Krajina za sedlom bola sucha ale velmi pekna a pre nas mala taky tibetsky zvhlad. Hlavne pohlad naspat na dedinu Jharkot bol krasny.

Z Kagbeni do Jomsomu sa islo rieciskom rieky Kali Gandaki. V tomto obrovskom udoli od Kagbeni az po Tukuche vzdy okolo jedenastej zacne fukat velmi silny vietor a cesta je neprijemna a narocna. Preto sa odporuca vyrazit zavcasu rano a prejst co najviac do obeda. My sme ale cestu za Marphou opustili a vybrali sme sa po druhej strane rieky cez pekne dedinky Chhairo a Chimang s krasnymi vyhladmi na Dhaulagiri.

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Photos

10. den - Modlitebne mlynceky pri vychode z dediny
ked sa minu prave mlynceky je dobra aj plechovica napriklad z kompotu

Tu unika voda z hadice
v zatisi tibetskych modlitieb

11. den - Do rana nasnezilo
nova lodge za Khangsarom

Rozjareny turista
dal si dva batohy a mysli si ze je skot ked nosi capicu dopredu ako skoti tu kabelku na sukni

Vyhliadka na Manang
cesta medzi Khangsarom a Yak Kharkou

Pohlad z vyhliedky smerom na Yak Kharku
a Thorung La

Annapurna III
z tepla jedalne v hoteli v Yak Kharke - 4020m

12. den - Z Yak Kharky cestou do Ledtharu
stretavame Yaky!!!

Aj nosici po nom chodia
vsimnite si obuv

Na dnes koncime - 4230m
nas hotel v Letdare so slnecnou jedalnou, kde majitelia hrali karty, ktore ich zaujimali viac ako turisti

13. den - Rano sa opat vycasilo
cesta z Letdaru