Trekking part 2!

Hey everyone ok I'm back and ready for part 2...

Left off at day 10 I think pass day and had the epic journey up and down.  We finally reached Muktinath and joined the rest of the 'family'.  A hot shower here never felt sooo good!  The weather was amazing for the whole day so we spent the rest of the afternoon on the roof of our hotel reminiscing about the day with again stunning views to inspire.  Had out first celebration beers of the trek that night but everyone was completely wrecked!  Had such a great night sleep being back down at lower altitude that night so very refreshed for the next day.

D11 - The original plan for today was to walk a few hours to Kagebeni but Hem was a bit worried about Amy's little finer which was pretty swollen still and had no sensation in the tip.  So we stopped at a health post on the way, two women there were lovely but they recommended we go straight to Jomsom, so plans changed and we managed to catch a truck ride the rest of the way, this side of the trek landscape wise was quite different, still great views of the mountains but the landscape is much drier.  The hospital at Jomsom was a completely contrasting scene to what you'd see in England, just a few guys sitting round in the ER room chatting and then a guy who looked like he was about 18 'the doctor' took a quick look at Amy's finger and said it was early stages of frostbite but the finger would be fine.  Relief! We managed to join Sarah and Sue in one of the guest houses and then joined by johan and Andrea later so second round of celebrations that evening! (Oh almost forgot, I woke up with botox like lips today, hilarious, combination of the sun and cold I think but managed to go down after a couple of days)

D12 - Bust for about 4 hours to Tatpoani...oh. my. life...I thought the bus ride from Kathmandu to Pokhara was a little hairy but serious;y thought we were going to tip over a few times on the way. Any way we made it in one piece and parted ways with Sue and Sarah, we stayed in such a beautiful guest house with orangery and greenery all around, a real difference in temperature here too we could sit comfortably in t-shirts!  We also, big surprise, met the Swedish boys here, (this was the case all the way around the circuit, kept meeting up with the different groups).  The rest of the afternoon was spent in the hot springs there relaxing :)  That evening the rest of the groups caught up with us and looked liked we'd be doing the same route all the way to Pokhara (which for me and Amy was a relief to not just be with our guide).

D13 - Big ascent up to Ghorepani.  It was boiling for the first half of the day but really beautiful scenery trekking again, reminded me of the village I stay in.  We had to ascend about 1800m today but managed to arrive in Manang by 4ish.  Enjoyed a fun evening with the brit boys, andrew and Marianne, I think the end in sight...Was strange after the pass because everyone felt like that was it you'd achieved coming through, the end.  But there was still a whole second half of the trek to go!

D14- Early rise at 5 to walk up to Poonhill for sunrise, alot more tourists here than we had sen throughout the trek so far but enjoyed some delish masala tea while waiting for the sun to rise.  Really beautiful views from Poonhill, hard to capture it all on camera really, pleased we got to visit there though as its a famous viewpoint and felt more special to know you'd really been through some of the mountains you could see. Descended the rest of the day to a village called Hile before the final day.

D15 - A gorgeous trek to NayaPul, passed alot more trekkers now heading up to Ghorepani or en route to Annapurna base camp.  It was a beautiful end and then bus back to pokhara.

There's soooooo much more I could say about each day but don't think I do it justice so wait for photos and more stories when I return.  One of the biggest highlights was meeting such an amazing group of people, very varied in backgrounds but good to share the experiences with others.  Had some fun times picnicing on the lake with everyone back here.  I'm heading back to Tupke in a couple of hours, was really strange saying goodbye to Rin and Amy, will miss everyone alot but hope that it's not a permanent goodbye.

Want to hear how you all are now please :)
love x