Back from the hills

Our 10 day trek from Pokhara to the Annapurna Base Camp and back was incredible - trying to write my diary each night, it was a joke trying to come up with new adjectives to describe the views :) We spent 7 days walking up to the base camp, and then only 3 days to race back down. On the way, we saw terraced hillsides stretching into the valleys, snow-capped peaks towering at the valley heads, glaciers fringed with thick icicles, clouds rolling up from below us, prayer flags billowing in the wind. A real feast for the senses. And perhaps most surprisingly, walking all day every day for 10 days doesn't really make your legs hurt that much - each morning, you just set off again.

I've posted a bunch of photos on fatcat showing a taster of the gazillions that I'll eventually post once I don't have to pay by the minute :)

Just enjoying the sun here in Pokhara at the moment, and going out everynight with people we met while we were trekking. Lots of "trip admin" to take care of, including the teething problems with getting Fabian Towers rented - we do now actually have tennants in the place, but apparently there's a few niggly maintenance issues to get sorted (despite the extensive DIY labouring we put in). Ho well - the main thing is that the necessity of owning a flat in London while we move to Australia has become a workable reality.