22 December 2008
Nearly everyone awoke feeling refreshed despite the previous nights celebration. Steve A had picked up a tummy-bug was wasn’t feeling too flash.
After breakfast we headed off through the village and down onto the flood plains along the muddy river. The morning was clear and crisp affording all brilliant views of the mountains and pine forests. We eventually left the immediate riverside to enter Larjung where the dal baht was very good and served by a very sprightly elderly Nepali lady who mastered getting up and down the stairs with plates of food with easy.
After lunch we basically followed the road, with an occasional period along the river or another track to eventually make it into our home town of Kalopani for the night.
The basic lodging included marble tiled bathroom with warm shower and western toilets, great beds and huge thick blankets, an impressive bakery and excellent views of Annapurna I and its surrounding peaks.
The dining hall was heated and dinner served was excellent. After dinner and the evening briefing we had a few rounds of cards and snuggled into our warm beds for the best night sleep of the trip.