Trek Day 2

We started the day in Ghandruk where we got to sleep in to about 8:00 am.  Unfortunately it was overcast so we only got glimpses of the mountains.  I had Gurung bread for breakfast, which is a bread that is sweet.  Very tasty.

We started to trek and about ten minutes into the trek, kewal brought us to a museum that showed us what a traditional Nepalese house looks like.  It makes me grateful for all of the modern appliances and tools we have today.

We hiked for 2-1/2 hours, mostly up stairs.  We saw almost no tourists, and unlike yesterday it was mostly just us the whole way.  There were many mules coming down though, it's funny, there are usually about 7-10 mules in a group and one mule just follows the path and all others follow it.  The human guide just stays back and keeps all the mules on track.  I bet if you just started the mule down the mountain they could make it the whole way alone.  We ascended about 1,000 meters today and finished our trek at 12:30 in a town called Kota Danda.

We are staying at a lodge with only two other tourists.  Thehotel owner has a daughter and she is about three years old.  Super adorable!  Her name is Gupsana.  She greeted us and I colored with her.  She loves to repeat things you say or do so you have to watch out.

Gupsana showing me some bunnies

While we were eating lunch she came and ate with us.  She ate half of her rice while she threw the other half on the floor.  Another time she was walking and decided to close her eyes.  She tripped on flower pots and fell.  It was scary at the moment but she was good 30 seconds after.  A good laugh.

We ate dinner with a young couple from Austria.  They are on a trip for three months starting with Nepal.  It was fun to hear their plans.  We also played Uno with them and my dad won every time!

So our original plan was to head up to the ABC (Annapurna Base Camp).  But Kewal has told us that there has been lots of snow whih leads to avalanches and rockfalls, He said he has also talked to groups coming down and ABC is just too risky to be worth it.   Instead we are going to Poon Hill which is supposed to have really nice views and we might even get to Pokhara a day early!

~Callie

(Photos to follow - can't upload great from the mountains :()  Posts may be slow too - like the internet!)