Blogs from Annapurna Circuit, Annapurna, Nepal, Asia

Hi all, We've now met many people in our time in Nepal, based on this we can confidently say that we're the tallest and whitest people in the country. We appreciate that we're very lucky with this trip, for any of you who were jealous here's something for you - a description of the Nepali bus experience. You're told it will take 6 hours, it takes 9. Imagine a medium-sized sauna with 45 people rammed into it. The only speaker is 5 inches above your head and plays what appears to be the same tune very loudly for the whole journey. You have a large kerosene gas cylinder wedged between your legs and locals on your arm rest and standing over you. To add to this glorious experience I had the start of Delhi belly, and ... read more

Jeah, wieder zurück in der Zivilisation!! :D Ich hab heute früh schon was geschrieben, war dann aber von den Feierlichkeiten gestern Abend (wegen 1,3 in der Diplomarbeit) nicht so ganz in der Lage... also hier nochmal ein update!! Zusammenfassend kann ich sagen, das Wandern hat mir wirklich großen Spaß gemacht, Sascha und ich wollten an unsere Grenzen kommen und das haben wir auch beide geschafft glaube ich. Jeden Tag sind wir 15 bis 25km gewandert in verschiedenen Höhenlagen und Landschaften, vom tropischen Wald bis zur Steinwüste bis Knietiefem Schnee war wirklich alles dabei! Die ersten Paar Tage waren ziemlich hart, wir mussten uns noch an das Gepäck auf dem Rücken und dem stundenlangen Laufen gewöhnen, alles hat geächzt und die Füße taten weh, aber immerhin war die Höhenlage noch kein Problem. Nach ca. 3 Wandertagen waren ... read more

D12 Thorung Phedi to Muktinath (3,760m) There were no doubts that it was going to be a difficult day – not only it would be a pretty long one, as we were waking up at 3am and were supposed to be walking 9 hours that day, but also it would be quite challenging altitude-wise as first we had to climb 1,000m to Thorung-La Pass and then descend 1,700m all the way to Muktinath. Quite a difference in altitude that was for sure! But I think everybody was happy that we would be sleeping that night under 4,000m. It was a huge relief, despite the devilish hour, to wake up and realise that my headache was finally gone. I didn’t really have the best of nights as had to get up a couple of times and run ... read more

D1 – Kathmandu to Bandipur Just like on the Everest Base Camp trek my Annapurna Circuit trek started with an organisational meeting the day before. Again the majority of people in my group were Aussies – 5 out of 9, add to it an American, Chinese, German and a Pole (that would be me of course) and you get quite a mixture of nationalities and cultures. Looked like a nice bunch of people from the very beginning so was very happy with that especially that we would be stuck with each other for the next three weeks. ;) No trekking on the first day, we just hopped on a bus and set off for Bandipur. On the way we stopped for lunch at an Intrepid rafting place on Trisuli river. I was glad I did my ... read more

Nepal, Malaysia og Thailand 2012 10/11 tog vi Sofie, Lene og jeg til Nepal for at gå en lang tur i Annapurnaregionen og her er lidt billeder. Søren... read more

Hello all! So we have just returned from our 12days in the mountains and quite frankly we're pooped! We are now back in Pokhara for a few days rest but it's already only a week before we leave for Australia! I'll summarise our trek as best as possible to save reading an extensive essay.... SO, we started on the wednesday 26th sept by getting a tourist bus to Besi Sahar which is the first stop on the Annapurna circut. The "express tourist bus" failed both to be express and tourist which Resulted in Dan and Paul giving up their seats on a crammed local bus to allow some old ladies who were easily over 100 to sit down! Even though this was a pain, it was also a godsend as we met a great Deutch couple ... read more