Journey to Ananpurna Base Camp - Part 1

Its been almost a month since I came back from Nepal. Finally, here I am, get my ass seated and blog about it, before I forget the details of the trip.

I took about 3-weeks off work for this trip.

This was the summary of my travel itinerary.

KUL - BKK - Kathmandu - Pokhara - Ananpurna Trek - Pokhara - Chitwan National Park - Kathmandu - BKK - KUL

But for now, am going to blog about the 9-days trek on Ananpurna.
Well, lots of friends asked me, whether is the trek difficult?
I think its not tough, its not so much about stamina (though its nice to have that), but more about mental. I almost give up during my trek up Poon Hill (to watch sunrise at 5am).
But am glad that I didn't give up, and just keep going on.

I travelled with EJ & LS for this trip. We didn't kill each other at the end of the trip, so, I think we are compatible traveling partners. ;)
The Immigration Officer even stamped me & EJ's passport on the SAME PAGE as where we got our stamp for Europe's  trip.

The highest point we went up was about 4,130M and that's Ananpurna Base Camp.

Here, tonnes of photos to tell the story. Let's the journey begins...

At the beginning of the trek

Let's start with FOOD, the most important element in all my travels.

Different type of breads served on trek.

Typical local food : Momo (which became LS' fav food, and she ordered it almost EVERY DAY) & Dhal Bath (local ate this as frequent as we eat our rice... Ya, Daily Basis.)

Yummy Korean noodle at the height of 3,700M. Instant noodle never tasted so good!

Now, ROOM that we stayed in. Mostly were pretty decent, except, its "acceptable" that you can hear everyone's conversation, or even their SNORE. 

One of the night, I can REALLY hear one of our neighbor snore, as if I was sharing the same BED with him! And LS actually can feel when her "neighbor" tossed around. 

And, one of the room had RAT that bitten our bag and ate our food, while another one caused us had a "catch-the-cockroach-frenzy", and I sprayed a quarter can of Ridsect on it! 

Cozy sleeping bag was my best sleeping companion during this trek. Thanks to J for lending me this nice & comfy bag.

Now, the beautiful MOUNTAINS we saw throughout the trek..

First glimpse of the mountains, from the "flying bus" aka plane.

The Flying Bus that we took from Kathmandu to Pokhara.

And, here, Ananpurna Base Camp, the highest point we conquered.