http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/Manang-Mustang/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Nepal , Annapurna , Manang Mustang en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:56:58 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:56:58 UTC Annapurna Circuit Day 10Aching muscles we recognise today that the set of muscles you use to go down is completely different from the ones you use when you go up. Every step hurts and we feel tired after having crossed the pass the day before. Therefore just half a day to Kagbeni from Muktinat and then a lazy afternoon.Muskelkater heute merken wir dass man beim runter laufen gaaaanz andere Mu http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/Manang-Mustang/blog-335351.html Annapurna Circuit Day 6We move on to Manang which is situated on the next plateau on 3500m . The climate changes drastically as the monsoon has no impact here anymore on the weather. It is extremely dry and the sun is burning down. We manage to progress quickly and enjoy an afternoon of sunshine outside one of the noumerus bakeries in Manang. We will spend a rest day for aclimatisation as most tr http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/Manang-Mustang/blog-335350.html Drive to Besisahar Endless bus drive over bumpy roads is all I can remember except the two Germans sitting in front of us and talking about the reflexology course they apparently went to the day before ldquoDid you feel the energy as wellhelliprdquo. The rest of the drive I slept which was maybe better as I missed the suicidal overtaking maneuvers the bus driver chose to go for. In the http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/Manang-Mustang/blog-335324.html It's been a minute since I've written so I have to stretch my memory a tad to the days in Pokhara before I left for my trek through the Annapurna region of the Himalaya. After a sometime difficult experience in Kathmandu Pokhara felt like the Nepal I had come here for. Hardly any honking taxi drivers absolutely no rickshaws few begging children even fewer homeless children it was a nice re http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/Manang-Mustang/blog-330712.html Following an indeterminable wait at Kathmandu airport it wasn't clear that anyone knew when or if our flight was supposed to depart we arrived in Pokhara and were met by our local guide to be taken to our accommodation for the night Fishtail Lodge. This was a property at the luxury end of Backpacker friendly Pokhara but had clearly seen its glory days as THE place to stay come and go some http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/Manang-Mustang/blog-265979.html Trekking the Annapurna Circuit11 Mar 2008Today was the big pretrek preparations day having arrived back in Kathmandu from Chitwan National Park last night. Wersquove now been in Nepal for a whole week now without seeing any real mountains or snow so wersquore really hanging out for it now. That might explain why we changed our minds this morning and decided to try and do the entire Annapu http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/Manang-Mustang/blog-265382.html The Annapurna Circuit can easily be divided into two halves. The Thorung La makes a nice crease betwen the up and the down of the trail. If you could imagine an equilateral triangle...The Thorung La would be the point at the top.Thorung Phedi...White Phedi means foot in Nepalese. This little outpost was situated at 4400 meters and this is where we continue our journey around the cir http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/Manang-Mustang/blog-208744.html