Nepal Tour 2008: hiking Poon Hill (one of)

Preface:

Our line of 4 people: I, wine (my LP), Lao, xiaocai (Pharaohs LP), in 2008-9-22 by China Southern flights to Guangzhou from Beijing via connecting flights arrive Kathmandu (Kathmandu).

2 night accommodation in Kathmandu in 2008-9-24 ride Golden Travel experience 7-hour bumpy smoothly reach Pokhara (l) (before travels I will write up). Originally, we at Kathmandu du bus Plaza arranged a Guide (the Guide) took us to the trekking (on foot). But wait until 9 pm half did not see him. So please hotel front desk help find a Guide and Porter (potters), because at the time it was too late for an appointment the next morning at half past 6.

My travels will start.

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2008-9-25:

Today is the first in Pokhara and one in the morning, because yesterday arrived don't see snow mountain panorama, specially in 5 points and LP 30 got up and rushed to the fewa Lake (ha'afeva) according to the snow, the location according to the snow is in fact a backlight, but has let us very excited (xiaocai didn't get up early, listened to our show off after it is regretful, took the Pharaohs before breakfast specifically went to a trip).

6: 30 back to the hotel, we arrived in the wizard. This is the first time I saw Santos, he is not high, thin, so I can't help but worry that we give him a hand are carrying large packages is not moving, how can he move back. And his simple conversations on line and trecking, feeling his English is very good, looks good, has decided to use his (eventually proved that this decision is very correct, although at that time, the LP also immersed in the square du bus tour of Miss). Next we go out to eat a breakfast at 8 o'clock on-time return to the hotel and sit on our small surface of the package, give us a starting point for hiking. Naya Pul After 1 and a half hour bumpy journey after (at that time the mood are more excited, and not feel anything, and so we come back, trecking this bumpy sensation is especially apparent in the entire top to give up feeling), we arrived at the Naya Pul.

After a simple clean, collective Photo 10: 10 in the morning, we finally begin the walk.

Through the Naya Pul (this is a very small village, road side full of selling all kinds of merchandise, food shop, 1070 m above sea level), 10 minutes later, we see a small crowd. Naya Pul the place name is the name of the bridge, in the words of Naya Nepal is "new" mean, Pul is the meaning of "bridge". Before long, it only has a small bridge, which was built by the crowd, people call this place called Naya Pul.

Then we walked along the Modi Khola (Khola in Nepal language is "the river", so this is the Modi River) on the front line, if you start early, the mountain mist does not come up before our front should see Fish Tail (fishtail peak), but at this point we can only see a regiment of the clouds to the corner of the snowy mountains.

After 20 minutes of ups and downs, we came across 2 paragliders, this bridge across the Modi Khola, through which we got to the Birethanti.

The phrase in Nepal, Bire is a "salt", which is the "small house Thanti" mean.

Long before there is no village, only a few houses, Nepal's ancestors came from the Tibet movement and salt, and here to stay, here called Birethanti. Now Birethanti is a beautiful small village, 1050 m above sea level, there is a Check of the ACAP NTNC/Point (checkpoints) and Information Center, thanks to Santos, we didn't go in and see what is in the Information Center. Move can have two options, go to the left is the way to go to Ghorepani, clockwise hiking Poon Hill small ring road or walking Jordan Mo Somme line to this direction, turn right to go to Ghandruk (also known as Ghandrung) way counter-clockwise hiking Poon Hill small link or go on foot to the ABC to this direction. Santos for everything after we walked along the left of the road.

The following road along the bottom of the Canyon, a road Bhurungdi Khola (Bhurungdi River) flows through the us left, we can see many terraces and some scattered villages, yet to harvest lots of lush, was nice.

Mountain relief, but generally is slowly rising (Santos said they called this way--the "ping"-Flat Route because there is no long uphill or downhill), we will encounter many shipments of Mule Team (encountered mule teams, to wait near mountain side, let the mule teams. ? I do not say that they want it). After 3 hours of walking, we arrive at Hile (1430 m above sea level) and Annapurna Gest House ate lunch.

Lunch: Dal Bhat, this is the traditional food in Nepal.

Dal is "beans soup" mean, Bhat is "rice" mean. So general order are points such as: Vegetable Dal Bhat (rice + mixed vegetables beans soup + + potatoes) or Chicken Dal Bhat (rice+ Beans soup + mixed vegetables + potatoes + chicken). Santos said the shop Dal Bhat is this the best taste really good. All the lines in the Dal Bhat eaten enough you can also add free of charge.

The lunch after the walk, scenery and similar before.

Walking 0.5 hours later, at about 3: 30 p.m., we arrived at Tirkhedunga, here is the end of the rugged road, 1540 m above sea level. Santos told us, followed by continuous 3300 step, altitude rises dramatically, is expected to go after arrival 1.5 hours, Ulleri (1960 m above sea level). We can choose to stay overnight in Tirkhedunga, early tomorrow morning and then climb up the road, but this would not be able to see the sunrise in the morning (because we were at the bottom of the Canyon, don't see snow mountain). Although the body is tired, but I think you can see snow mountain Sunrise tomorrow, decided to move on.

The next 1.5 hours on each of us is a great challenge (Santos said: this is the entire route in the most difficult part), we have not chat, gu gu the camera only at carrying heavy legs up, then up.

Santos has been next to encourage us, now tell us "now has half way; now there are 20min ...".

At 17: 00 we arrived Ulleri.

Evening Guest House accommodation in Meera. This is a beautiful Inn, room slightly shabby, but the window facing the snowy mountains. There is a very big balcony, washing a hot bath after sitting in the balcony for tea, feeling the day's hard work is worth it. When the snow should have before us, but because of the fog of occlusion, only occasionally peeping into the corner.

Dinner we point the Vegetable Fried Rice Egg (egg fried rice with vegetables); Chicken Curry Rice (Curry Chicken with rice); plus our own band of pork, delicious.

And chat, learn dinner glass is to store a 16-year-old girl, Pharaoh was surprised, then very seriously and they explore please the girl to China for a nanny. ^_^。 Dinner in a power outage, shops took up a candle and gas lamp (in the whole hiking routes, even including the Kathmandu, Pokhara and blackout is a commonplace thing). The outside began to Thunder, then it began to rain, and we hugged the rain not during the day. After dinner, accompanied by a sound of Thunder, we went to sleep ... ...

Stroke:

Pokhara---Naya Pul (1070 meters above sea level): 1.5 hours by car;

Naya Pul---Birethanti (1050 meters above sea level): the section along the rugged walking 0.5 hours;

Birethanti---Hile (altitude 1430 m): Canyon Road undulations of the slow rise, 3 hours on foot;

Hile---Tirkhedunga (1540 m above sea level): Canyon Road undulations of the slow rise, hiking 0.5 hours;

Tirkhedunga---Ulleri (1960 m above sea level): total altitude 3300 step, soared, 1.5 hours on foot.

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