Step Into My Shoes..

(Disclaimer: Not in Annapurna Area anymore) October 28th, 2018 I woke up at 6 in the morning with the sound of a faint knocking somewhere in the room. It sounded like rain but not quite. I looked outside my window just to be sure - it was clear outside. The sound continued on for a while; I tried avoiding it as much as I could but the sound wouldn't stop. I realised the source of the sound was from the window on the side of my friend's bed. I drew the curtains open to find a little bird pecking at the glass. And the funny thing is that even after it noticed me noticing it, it didn't stop. It kept on pecking until we decided we couldn't go back to sleep anymore. We didn't have the heart to shoo it away, so we let it do its thing. We were told that we would be picked up from the hotel at 9:30 am, so we got ready and went out for breakfast at 8:45 am. We went to the same cafe we had gone the previous night and ordered tea and sandwich. It was just after ...

(Disclaimer: It's a long ass article) October 27th, 2018 4:00 am - excitement The morning was dark and freezing. And the six companions had decided, "we have seen the same mountains from much closer for far too long already" so there was just the two of us. I left my room with much apprehension and I was actually holding my breath when I made my way to the stairs. I took the first step down, only to find out - hey it isn't so hard after all. So with a pep on my steps, I made it downstairs and out the hotel. The time was 4:25 am. We had a torch with us but my friend is an owl - he doesn't need anything but the moon to light his way. We were told the Poon Hill tower was an hour long uphill climb and sunrise was forecasted (by me) to be at around 6:15, so it still doesn't make sense why we woke up so damn early. But turned out, there were people who must've gotten earlier than us since we passed so many of them on our way up. The trail is well o...