Saturday 26 April 2008

Trekking above Pokhara - Panchase

Next day up at 6 for breakfast and then we were off to Panchase. This was our longest day of trekking, about 6 hours, and the landscapes were changing throughout the entire day. But the one thing that remained fairly consistent were the LEECHES!!!! UGHHHH!! As soon as our guide said "leeches", I looked down on my shoes and there were so many of them!!! So of course I couldn't stop staring at my feet the entire time, which is obviously not the best way of walking on slippery rocks, and I ended falling on my bum a couple of times. And I was SURE they were getting into my socks, which completely freaked me out, and sure enough when we stopped and I took off my shoes one little sucker had found the only hole and climbed right in. Ugh. Leeches aside, the trek took us to the most amazing little village where we set up camp and spent another night under the stars.







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