It was the Nepali new year. I was excited, after yesterday’s views of sunrise. I was up, and all bundled up in the layers. Me and Anjan then walked up to the view point which was slowly getting busier. You could feel the excitement in the air. I was viewing the most spectacular panorama! Standing […]

I was up at 5:00 am in the morning and slipped out of my sleeping bag. 2 other trekkers from our room had left earlier as they were to reach ABC just before sunrise and then walk down to Bamboo.  I went out and absorbed the sights arounds me. The dawn was breaking, and everything […]

As one moves up the trail, the number of tea lodges start reducing. On day 2 we had seen how busy the route was. Our guide had mentioned that due to a big group of trekkers from Thailand there was no availability of rooms at Duerali and we may have to trek up to Machapuchare […]

By the beginning of day 2 I had become accustomed to aching muscles (some even which I didn’t know existed), my heart rate was no longer pacing at a wild speed. Now that I had familiarized with the pain my mind started wandering soaking in the glorious views, enjoying the soothing sounds of the flowing […]

Our plan was to keep our pace slow and steady (Aaste Aaste as they say in Nepal) and try and reach Chomrung before 4:00 pm as it would usually rain in the evenings.  As the sweltering heat of the day settled in we came across our first steep incline and both me and my friend […]

A tick off on my bucket-list! Confirming my booking for the trek and finally booking my tickets to Nepal was a complete impetuous decision. In November I had been to Dubai and caught up with my old friends where the topic of doing the Annapurna Base camp trek (ABC trek) came up. My sister in […]