Whenever I go to
places, I try to write about it so that when people want to visit that place,
they would have a bit more of an idea about that place that I did before they
actually depart.
I went to Ghandruk
last month and before leaving or making a decision about whether to go or not,
naturally I searched online for the pictures or any sort of blog on the
Ghandruk-experience. Sadly, I didn't find much. So here it is; the story and
pictures from my point of view.
Going on the trip to
Ghandruk had been a spur-of-a-moment-decision so I had less time to plan and
pack. Since I have been to a number of trips before this one, it was not so hard anyways. I was
going with a group of about a dozen people, and I knew only one person from
that trip. I am not so fond of making new friends or getting along with strangers, so it is a mystery why I jumped in. Probably the travel-mania got the best of me.
We left Kathmandu
after work (around 7) and made for Pokhara. We reached Pokhara only after
midnight and went to bed immediately (at least I did).
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| "Chachahuii Fun Park and Resort" The name promises fun. |
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| Lake Side, Pokhara |
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| View of the Peace Gumba and the Taal Barahi temple. |
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| No Smoking: I wonder if people do follow this instruction |
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| The Lovers(?) |
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| NCell, Here for Nepal |
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| Kayakers |
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| Mules, Mules everywhere (On our way from Pokhara to Birethanti) |
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| TIMS Check post at Birethanti |
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| Open Defecation Free Zone *Who'd shit there?* |
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| We head right |
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| Red. |
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Resturant.
Now, here's an interesting find. I have taken pictures of many of such spelling errors throughout the trek. I do not mean to insult them; it's just that I find them intriguing. The people who made such errors are merely trying to adapt themselves to the touristical intrusion in their lifestyles.
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| Mhung Batma *Resting* |
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| Nice Wind Place |
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The beginning of the "real" trek
After walking 3 hours on "roads" I was tired and had begun to regret my coming to this so-called trek. There was no such thing as trekking trails so far and I was starting to get annoyed with myself for signing up on this mundane walking trip. And then out of nowhere, we had to start taking these stone-ish steps through a village and that was real fun.
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| Tolite Room |
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| Thank God for the clouds. |
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| Khaini ko dabba. |
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| *Waiting* |
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| Farming |
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| Less intimidating than Stairs of Cirith Ungol but tiring nonetheless. |
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| "Restuarent Lunch & Hot Could Dring" |
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| I cannnot imagine carrying these AND walking uphill. |
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| Notice on Waste Management |
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| Human Potential Education Center. Hmmm |
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| Nepal : English : To Gather |
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| How is my face *Interestingly this mirror was placed a bit high and I could not really see how my face was* |
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| Yak Showls ; Yak living 6700 Mitre high in the Mustang Area |
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| A world of its own. |
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| Foot prints of the YETI on my hand. |
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| Pretty Butterfly. |
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| More Mules |
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| A patch of sunshine |
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| First of the many Rhododendrons we encountered on the way. |
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| And more mules. |
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| Nettle bush. |
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| Zoom and you'll see a flock of birds overhead. |
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| "Bhoot ka Baap ka Khajana" Translation : Ghost's Father's Treasure *I can't even begin to imagine what this product might be* |
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| Happy Birthday Gabby Kim!! |
It took us about 6 and a half hour to get to Ghandruk. Normally it
just takes about 4 hours for an average person but there were just too many of
us, many unaccustomed to trekking; and we wasted our time stopping for far too
many times for resting, eating, catching up, or just chatting.
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| Morning Glory : Mount Annapurna at sunrise |
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| Mount Machhapuchhre aka Fishtail |
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| Breakfast time |
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| Farmlands |
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| Gayi bhais panimein. |
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| Losing the view as we made our way back |
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| "Some love 1, Some love 2, I love 1, that is u." Some poetry. |
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