Annapurna Trek - Nepal
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Annapurna Trek - Nepal
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map
This is a map of Nepal. We arrived by plane from Bangkok in Kathmandu,
the capital. We spent a week exploring around the city and
getting to know our wonderful guide Lokendra, who arranged all
of our transportation, accomodations and meals for the next
three weeks of trekking.
We rode by bus from Kathmandu to Pokhara,
took a cab ride to the end of the road near Baglung,
and began trekking to the North up the Kali Ghandaki River
and around behind the Annapurna Peaks
to the Temples at Muktinath.
At Muktinath, a complex of both Hindu and Buddhist temples
surround a spring where an eternal natural flame dances
on the surface of the water, and 108 fountains pour blessings
on pilgrims from all over Nepal and India (and Petaluma).
This part of the trip was 12 days of walking, reaching
an altitude of 12,000 ft, staying each night in a simple teahouse.
Mountain peaks rise up to 26,000 ft on either side of
the Kali Ghandaki gorge, making it the deepest in the world.
From Muktinath, we walked back down to Jomoson, where a small
plane flew us back down to Pokhara. Having some extra time,
Lokendra invited us to visit his village.
A jungle bus ride ended at a river that we rode across on a basket
suspended from a cable. Then we walked a day and a half to his village
north of Arghat Bazaar, Northeast of Ghorka on this map.
We had rare and wonderful experiences there. Most of the village people
who welcomed us had not met westerners before, and we were as fascinating
to them as they were to us. They were very warm and friendly, like all
the people we met Nepal, and in the evening after dark, they brought out
lanterns and danced and sang for us.
If you like to hike, don't mind simple living conditions, and want to have the time
of your life, go trekking in the Himalayas with Lokendra.
Click on the pictures below or navigate using the "Next" and "Back" buttons
at the top of the page.
To arrange trekking in Nepal:
Contact
Lokendra Khanal
himalayatreklokendra@gmail.com
(This E mail address updated June 2021)
© 2000, 2021 J Oliver Photography
took a cab ride to the end of the road near Baglung,
and began trekking to the North up the Kali Ghandaki River
and around behind the Annapurna Peaks
to the Temples at Muktinath.
surround a spring where an eternal natural flame dances
on the surface of the water, and 108 fountains pour blessings
on pilgrims from all over Nepal and India (and Petaluma).
an altitude of 12,000 ft, staying each night in a simple teahouse.
Mountain peaks rise up to 26,000 ft on either side of
the Kali Ghandaki gorge, making it the deepest in the world.
plane flew us back down to Pokhara. Having some extra time,
Lokendra invited us to visit his village.
A jungle bus ride ended at a river that we rode across on a basket
suspended from a cable. Then we walked a day and a half to his village
north of Arghat Bazaar, Northeast of Ghorka on this map.
who welcomed us had not met westerners before, and we were as fascinating
to them as they were to us. They were very warm and friendly, like all
the people we met Nepal, and in the evening after dark, they brought out
lanterns and danced and sang for us.
of your life, go trekking in the Himalayas with Lokendra.
at the top of the page.
To arrange trekking in Nepal:
Contact
Lokendra Khanal
himalayatreklokendra@gmail.com
(This E mail address updated June 2021)
© 2000, 2021 J Oliver Photography
Lokendra Khanal
himalayatreklokendra@gmail.com
© 2000, 2021 J Oliver Photography