29-Oct-2011
Marpha(2,685m) ~ Kagbeni(2,871m)
Total Time: 7 hours
Trekking Time: 5 hours
Distance: 16km
Recommended Nepal Himalaya Travel Agency:
Adventure Mountain Guide
http://www.adventuremountainguide.net
http://www.treknp.com
Adventure Mountain Guide Rabin Gurung
Adventure Mountain Guide Sushil Gurung
We have a good sleep last night after a long trek, the day is bright while I came out from my room. After breakfast, I climb to the roof top to have a look around the Tibetan style houses, there were woods and they drying maize on ther roof top.
We departed to Kagbeni at 7:25am, we can see the Buddhist monastery on the slope as we moving toward north.
Marpha is famous with their apple and Marpha Apple brandy, these are golden/yellow apples.
There is a signboard at both head and end of each and every village here, it said we will arrive Jomsom in an hour, it is 7:40am now.
There is a airport in Jomsom, we can see a lot of flights coming in and out on our way to Jomsom as the weather getting worse after the noon, guess that many flights have been cancelled for last few days.
This is not a polluted river, though it is in grey color, but it is not like the one in the city.
There is a apple orchard between Syang and Jomsom, it is Autumn now, the trees are changing color. Though they are in different color, but they are all apple trees, beautiful colors.
9:05am, we have walk 1:25 hours to reach Jomsom, it seems that we are trekking slower than others. To me, Jomsom is like a cowboy town in the middle of a desert, it's quiet on the street. There's the runway of Jomsom airport, we are suppose to take off from here to Pokhara....
We are back on the Kali Gandaki riverbank after leaving Jomsom, the stones here are bigger and denser, that make it harder to walk on the riverbank.
Recommended Nepal Himalaya Travel Agency:
Adventure Mountain Guide
http://www.adventuremountainguide.net
http://www.treknp.com
Adventure Mountain Guide Rabin Gurung
Adventure Mountain Guide Sushil Gurung
This is our 53 year-old guide, he said he have done all the treks in Nepal. Along our trek, we could heard greetings from tea house owners, guides and porters for him, it's like everybody in Nepal know him.
It's actually colder under the shade, I rather walk under the sun that makes me warmer.
Today is an easy day, not many slope. Even if there is, it's just a short one. Don't get too close to the slope while you trek, or else you will be like this tractor.
We arrived Eklibhathi by 11:55am and we decided to take our lunch here, though it only takes around 30 minutes to reach Kagbeni. These are not cherries, there are mini size apples that our friend bought in Jomsom, I have no idea why it is so small. Though there are small, but they are cruncy and sweet! Maybe you would like to try these kind of apple when you are in Jomsom.
Recommended Nepal Himalaya Travel Agency:
Adventure Mountain Guide
http://www.adventuremountainguide.net
http://www.treknp.com
Adventure Mountain Guide Rabin Gurung
Adventure Mountain Guide Sushil Gurung
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