Hi everyone, be prepared for a mass of posts this time as yesterday I got back from an amazing 7 day trip to the Langtang valley for some trekking!! Happy to say the group arrived back safe and we all had an amazing time. The trek was challenging at times (we fought through blizzards, basic accommodation, altitude, bugs in food and no lack of puking by some of the group!) but the scenery and experience more than made up for it! I've got loads of photos so I'll be doing a post for each day to showcase the best. So then, post number one: our 7 hour bus journey from Kathmandu to our trek start point at Syprubesi in the Langtang Valley.
After a 5am wake up we grabbed an early breakfast before our guide (Ratna) and our three porters collected us to catch our 7am bus to Sybrubesi. I have to be honest, it was the scariest bus journey I've ever been on! The driver seemed to think that going as fast as possible along narrow, un-paved mountain roads next to 1,000ft drops was the way to do it! We as passengers thought a little differently...... Despite the drive the views were incredible and I even managed a close-up view of the mountains I can see from my bedroom window in the village! We stopped in a village around 11:30 for lunch and Ollie (the latest member of the group) got his first taste of Dhal-Bhat. Luckily he liked it! We reached Sybrubesi around 4pm.
Me on the way to catch out bus to Sybrubesi :)
Himalayan air conditioning for the locals!
View from the bus en route to Sybrubesi
Ollie tastes Dhal-Bhat for the first time!
Me about to enter the Langtang National Park
After checking into our guest house we went for a walk around the village and stocked up on some snacks for the trek. Dinner was an interesting affair, mainly due to Laura finding a long dead "Daddy Long Legs" spider in her fried rice! After that little scare we all headed to bed I high spirits and ready for the trek to start the next day!
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