Unfortunately in some ways for Jules and I, we both missed the turning for Gorepani. I saw signs and thought we were going the right way, and he missed them all. Anyhow two and a half hours later we got to Tiplyang and realised our mistake. We looked at the map and consulted locals and decided to cut across to Gorepani or Chitre using a trail that was marked on our map and apparently would take 6 hours (which we figured we would do quicker anyway since we had only taken 9 full days to get to Tatopani we were usually walking quicker than the guidebooks). We had a dal baht to get our strength at 11am and headed off the beaten track at 11:30am. Jules and I climbed a quick 1300m by 2:30pm to Tikot,
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