Crossing the Himalayas-Nepal pictures (2)

China turtles

Because the students ' strike delayed our trip back to Canada when I have time both to buy hand letter, so rotten in bokhara two days, LAKESIDE whole street people must know that here the 4 Chinese turtle, the daily back and forth between the store and shop strolled, then always come out with his hands full, but feel that gradually shrunk.

Nepal too will do business, more abhorrent is our 4 was a bit of a weakness, a passion we would completely collapse, and sometimes even cruel not to buy it also does not pay.

The later, we are not afraid to walk chaos, a look at death.

They usually is the case cited you hook above — your eyes at his door to stay more than 3 seconds, will soon be asking for it to go in to look at, just take a look. If you politely said, wait a minute, then you have to, because they will sincerely asked: "really? you promised?" and then ask you where people, "Oh, the Chinese people the most trustworthy!. I wait for you, you promised. "It really suits them, and put this little link to the national dignity, one does not reject.

You'll have to go in the "look" like what they commonly asked how much money, the answer is it doesn't matter, I will give you the best price, you can rest assured it is viewed.

To be honest, the appetite of so many things, so there is no price this threshold will be hard to pick it for life-like, the final bill will know what is the "best price". Indeed, folded into RMB so things are very expensive, but their enthusiasm so that we start to talk the desperate life I'm sorry, but it is cut down to 4 people in a neck-blood, we decided not to go on like this. Can iron down to easier said than done! handsome shopkeepers will tender to praise your beautiful smile, or out of this book on your words read learned Chinese: "I — very-high-Hing — see — to — you!" Halo! and then take advantage of your Halo effort took advantage of the prices irrelevant to report it. I finally learn the tube what he says, one third of the price unashamedly also go back, those smiles moments will be dramatic and condensation in the air.

My loot are numerous hand embroidery cushions, paper lanterns, characteristics of paper products, carpets, backpack, scarves ...

Lifetime of Trekking

In bokhara black enough, we finally managed to go climbing, mountaineering and TREKKING in Nepal is called.

We chose a shorter routes to see the Sunrise POON HILL, 4 days. That morning, the weather is especially clear, I think our luck began to get better.

Starting from boccara, first sit for an hour of car to NAYAPUL, then all is mountain road.

We hired two potters, DAL and URBAR. DAL was slightly longer, more sophisticated, can speak a little English, but is very limited. Once I would like to ask him home, asked him if he has no children, he smiled, Hei Hei tell me today go 1 and a half hours. URBAR is relatively young but shy, less words.

Our first day to go to ULLERI, rising nearly 1 km above sea level.

A morning walk easily, all along the TEAHOUSE can rest and eat and drink. For Nepal Tourism developed, I really heartfelt sighs. Come back after a lot of people ask me Nepal is very poor, I said yes, but they do so well in tourism, not luxurious, no TV, sauna, karaoke, but houses clean neat, balcony is always kind of flowers you think it is very convenient, very comfortable. The deepest impression is ACAP's mountaineering Guide (ACAP is Annan PMG reserve project), tell you should do and should not be done. "Thank you for an effort to make subsequent visitors can see and now as beautiful scenery. "This sentence it into my heart.

At home, I often reluctant to go to some famous attractions, because I know I will be disappointed.

Beautiful scenery, as long as a development, soon became unbearable. Surrounded by numerous attractions in the surrounding, which built on big letdown tram, but also on several "photo service" funny signs. I can only hope to get a place not very famous before they hied lest we go will miss and more.

I am glad that such a situation does not occur in Nepal, where the person for their own national unique spectacular natural scenery are deeply proud of, while more clearly how to care for her.

For this, I have difficulty in the mountains adhere to drink water with iodine, pneumatic when on the road to pick up a piece of garbage.

Afternoon walk it is much more difficult to walk down a steep ULLERI ladder.

Do not know how many levels, with no buffering, it seems never to end. Finally to ULLERI after we never pneumatic pick hotel, in the first live down. The mountain inn name very similar, not called SUPER VIEW, ANNAPURNA VIEW or SNOWLAND. House painted sky blue color, very nice. But the weather was bad on the rooftop of the hotel is also only vaguely see the snow-capped mountain corner.

The second day is much more easily, as long as you take 4 hours at midday to GHOREPANI live for the next day to see the Sunrise POON HILL.

This time we picked up in a hotel, surrounded by hills and clouds lingering, such as Office Wonderland. The hotel is only 3-4 guests, we were able to pick the highest floor of two rooms, full of Windows, you can see the mountain of 270 degrees. If no clouds, the window should be full of snow? can finally land in beautiful clouds sleeping napping, but here almost 3000 metres, and a bit of hypoxia and sleep. Heart vaguely worried, I do not know if tomorrow the weather will be as well?

Night only entertainment was the playing cards.

We fight the tractor at DAL confused.

At midnight, the window falls sign Lek began to rain, awake we were excited because users move pigs of Raiders on the former rain on the second day will be fine to see the sun rise!

A few days to move pigs must not least sneezing, because our village teacher and his Raiders back down to the heart was, but the author's name but can't remember the full, by moving the pigs derived out of the activities of the pig, pig, pig, dog ... Ah ... And so on. By the way, knowledgeable Zhuang teachers have a lot of words of wisdom, for example, in bokhara, stars, he told us about his hometown stars big and much, much like "to like" flowering. Another more vivid metaphor is that those locals forehead painted uneven TIKA (that is, between the eyes of the red dot), "looks like mouth ulcers".

5 am, and then climb over 200 meters to see POON HILL of sunrise.

But, apart from the fog around found, still nothing. We climbed two tianshan road, for the moment, this sad and dreary, the non-ink can describe. Waited almost 1 hour, the Sun came out long ago, we never have to see the sunrise at the ten block, 7, 8 kilometers of the peak a a lit beauty! many people can't wait and down, but we won't go hangs. I won't give up, I don't know how I make believe their luck.

And, then, mythical, drove the clouds away, Annan PMG nanfeng (7219m) showed peak.

First emerged at the moment, everyone stunned. Every one of us, have never thought of before mountain is so tall, so magnificent. Peak exposed by the moment I can't believe my eyes. Instant, left Dhaulagiri (8167m) also appeared, big white mountain like a dream-like suspension in the air. I was shocked the dumb, deeply silent.

This landscape, even if only a second, also make people feel no regrets.

But the beauty is fleeting.

Before long, the cloud and mist and up, people have gone. Zhuang teachers are bent on refused to go, feel more than 2000 meters climbed the mountain, for the moment, so I decided to stay alone for a while. Hsu is his sincerity touched by God, we came down from the top of the moment, only hear a laughter, looked back and top of the Hill it appeared again. I can't use words to describe the kind of massive discrepancy has shocked. Spectacular and beautiful, majestic these words all together, but also far from sufficient to describe. For the first time, I was moved by the nature of miracles to tears.

I finally know, my feet are really on a dream home.

And then almost all the way down.

Today, nearly 9 hour journey through the mist, rain forest, from the top of the cloud has been soaring to the bottom of the Valley. All mountain is covered with beautiful rhododendron Rhododendron, Nepal's national flower. Along the way, to see many simple kind of face, this is another great TREKKING.

Destination GHANDRUNK is a large town.

Until the next morning, we know that here you can clearly see Annan PMG nanfeng and fishtail peak.

Day 4 is the easiest day.

Go 4 and a half hours down the road the entrance to the registry. ACAP's officials in our mountain pass over the stamp, declared the successful conclusion of our TREKKING, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief long calls out.

To be honest, this is my most worried about.

In addition to the fear of physical strength, more afraid of their own when it got SARS, to the mid-to attack, then you can really call every day should not be called the ground. Now I must frankly confess that we not only took off after high-risk areas in Hong Kong, and have not listened to aircraft do not eat not to fiddle with advice, hungry pig of top fold. So we are most worried about oneself became the King of the 4 "poisonous" unintentionally poisoning the people of Nepal. This down we are all relieved that came down from the mountain to kindness.

4 days TREKKING to lifetime.

Along the way, whether to see local people, or other visitors, we will greet each other. The 4 days I said "NAMESTE (meaning: a tribute to you)," one year than I said "Hello". I like the term, I like this simple and beautiful and friendly.