Very chilly wake up at 5am on day 5, we had to take a 600 metre walk up to a view point overlooking the mountains and settlement we were staying in. After a very cold start (I couldn't feel my fingers!) the sun was soon out and we were making good progress up the slope. Sadly Rebecca had to go back to the hotel after the half way point because she had very bad stomach cramps. The rest of us pushed on and after 2 hours we had reached the viewpoint. The views were definitely worth the early start! We had great views of the mountains and the valley along with a incredible glacier on an opposite slope. After some photos we all made our way down, it only took us 50 minutes!
Ollie and Zoe lead the way up to the viewpoint, it's at the top of the black rock in the top left of the photo
Me at the viewpoint, this was literally the "high-point" of the trek; 4,400 metres!
Looking over at some of the peaks from the viewpoint, you can see a glacier inbetween the two peaks in the middle of the picture
Well done team!
Group photo with the prayer flags at the top of the viewpoint, check out the mountains!
After meeting up with Rebecca in the hotel we had an early lunch before beginning our LONG descent back down the trail. The last two days trekking saw us repeat sections of the trail we'd already walked up, although this time it was all down hill (mostly...). Rebecca struggled for the last few days as her stomach cramps were wearing her down. But thankfully at around 4pm on day 6 we all made it back to Sybrubesi in one piece. We were all a little tired and my feet desperately wanted out of boots! We all had a great dinner that night and lukewarm showers (our first for a week!), before getting almost 11 hours sleep!
The next day we made our way back to Kathmandu along the same terrifying bus journey! Safely back in Kathmandu we headed to our favourite restaurant, Roadhouse Cafe, for some great pizza! It was nice to be back after a week but we don't have long to wait before our next adventure! Today we had a briefing for our three day white-water rafting and visit to Chitwan Safri Park! We're all really excited and can't wait to get started. We'll spend the rest of today relaxing and sorting out photos before hopefully getting an early night. 5am breakfast tomorrow, happy days!
That's it for this post guys, the next post will either come from the lakeside town of Pokhara in western Nepal or back in Kathmandu!
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