Trekking Down Slowly but Surely

Cocooned in my sleeping bag. Can you spot my red hat? Quips from staying in this wooden shed:

1) "Before you sleep, must blow out the candle..else we might burn down the whole house."
2)"I wondered why my sleeping bag here was so wet.. I thought I drooled a lot at night, only to realised in the morning when the sun is out that there are holes in the ceiling..."

3) "I was so cold the whole night, I wonder why.. only when the sun was out did I saw that there was actually a window opening right beside my bed..."


When I was folding my sleeping bag, I saw a baby cockroach scrambling around IN the bag. Oh man, I had been sleeping with a cockroach the whole night. My friends quipped "maybe the cockroach was cold and also sought warmth in your sleeping bag..."



One more quip "I think it was the garlic soup we all drunk, I think I heard a symphony of farts and snores in the stillness of the night". hahaha

That is the proper lodge we were supposed to have stayed in.

Here is where we are nearest to the snow capped mountains.

Here is as close as it gets (without reaching the base camp).

We've come so far, we really should just take more pictures..The Annapurna Himalayan range.

Continuing our downward trek.

Going up is slow and tedious because it takes a lot of energy and strength.

Going down is slow too because sometimes the steps just seemed to dangerous.

Crossing a stream. Are you taking a picture or are you being part of a picture?

See I spotted monkeys on the other side of jungle.

Notice that as we descend, the scenary turns greener.

The animals remain the same though..

And I thought the weather will be warmer downwards... why is it still sooooo coooold?

Edging by the side of a huge mountain.

Reached Gurung Village, one of the more modern villages. See how well built the secondary school is, complete with concrete basketball court. While schoolboys play soccer in the field, little children frolick along the streets.

This good boy here is helping with the sorting out of the harvest.

The traditional village house with "bird's eye" window (small opening on the second floor).

Guess what is behind me? It's a man made bee hive! So here's how the locals get their honey..

Paying a visit to the Old Gurung Museum. Understanding how the Gurkhas have come a long way to where they are today.

The Gurka Army uniform.

Sam spoke to some Taiwanese trekkers who camped in their own tents. They claimed that it is warmer to sleep in the tents than the lodges we stay in because their tents have 3 layers, one woollen layer etc etc.. wow..

As for us, we enjoy the little garden and our lodge.

I chuckled when Sam opened his room door and said "This is so clean, I need to take off my shoes before entering."

The first bedroom with attached bathroom in 5 days! And this may look ordinary to us in our daily lives, but seriously, this is one of the first toilet bowls I've seen in 5 days too! This village is indeed much more modernised than the rest! More amazingly, we have hot shower from the tap too! I still remember how we waited 1 hour fo the firewood to burn so that we can each have a precious bucket of warm water to bathe 3 nights ago. And how we enjoyed scrubbing ourselves clean after so many days of climb and grime!

Psalms 46:10 "Be Still and Know that I am God"

Sylvia spending some quiet moments in the Lord.

Ending the day with a simple meal. Guess what? All I took were 3 huge boiled potatoes.

Plain and simple, but oh so nice.

1 Timothy 6:7-8

For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it,

But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that."