Dear friends, firstly, a very Merry Christmas to you all and secondly, a happy and prosperous New Year and 2007 to you all. I hope you all ate, drank and were very merry for me and I hope Santa left some nice pressies under your trees and in your stockings. On December 29th I finished my third and final trek around the Himalaya and the Manaslu region, this region sits roughly in-between the Everest area and the Annapurna area. This journey, like the previous two, also had its share of joy, anxiety, companionship, spirituality, and a heart wrenching story of Tibetan refugees. However, I'll start at the beginning and by now you'll be aware that the trek always starts with a travel incident of some kind and this was also to be no exception. Two days
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