Intrepid trek to Annapurna Basecamp

Trip Start Apr 26, 2008

Trip End Ongoing

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Flag of Nepal Annapurna Region, Himalayan Region, Nepal
Friday, October 3, 2008

This entry is VERY overdue. But I've decided to tell the story through the pictures. So have a look!

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Fresh before the adventure!	Children	Entrance to Trek	Tara with little boy asking for lollies or pen
Headless and skinned	Dave and Victoria	Susie	Waterfall
Sunny first day	Butterfly and flower	Tibetan bread and trekkers honey	Woman
Boy that spotted me taking his picture	NEPAL from hippy days	Spiders	Me on first day
Dog that adopted us for a bit on the trek	First night's teahouse accommodation	Kid that begged for a photo of himself	Me on the Ping Swing
Nepali children	Meg showing kids their pictures - they loved it!	Cheeky boys!	Me on teahouse balcony
Our team	Receiving a tikka on festival day	Susie and I	Porters
Lamb biting my finger	Typical toilet - shame there's no windows!	Entrance to one of many "villages"	Tara, Justine and Susie
Precarious balcony	Donkeys carrying their loads	Smoke heating system	More gorgeous kids!
In the kitchen	Victoria and I at height of fashion	Victoria and Meg in the teahouse	Reaching Poon Hill summit before sunrise
Beginning of sunrise at Poon Hill	Me and mountains	Sun touching the mountain tops	The crowd that you don't see in tourist pics!
Mountain top	Me and mountains	Me and mountains 2	Susie, Meg, Dave, Victoria, Me and Justine
Group shot	Luxury bathroom!	Pretty flower	Prayer flags in the wind and fog
Porter	Interesting fungus	Head guide Ramesh with kid on Ping Swing	Fishtail AKA Machapuchare - holy mountain
In the shadows	Preparing food	Trekkers Shopping Centre	Froggie climbing a rock
Precarious position	At home in the hills	Short break in valley	Machapuchare through the foliage
Valley we walked down	Cooling my sore knees in icy water	Lamb on chair	Western Toilet!
Victoria, Tara, Justine and Meg on bridge	Local foliage	Interesting tree silhouettes	Dave
Justine, Tara and Dave on rest stop	Porters crossing a bridge	Mist entering the valley	Effects of altitude? Guy showing off
Pretty place	Victoria crossing bridge	Me, Tara and Justine	Getting closer!
Crazy clouds	Machapuchare Base Camp (MBC)	Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) we made it!	Group shot with Annapurna behind
Me, Susie, Victoria, Justine, Tara, Dave and Meg	Meg after climbing to Base Camp :-)	Reflections in the window	Playing volleyball at Base Camp
Sunset	Me and the clouds at Base Camp	Eerie pink	Sunrise with Annapurna
Sunrise	Annapurna	Annapurna Base Camp and Collingwood flag!	Annapurna Base Camp oh so happy!
Annapurna and I	Beautiful sunny day on way back down	Newborn lamb	Sheep traffic jam
Victoria with lamb	Me with lamb	Washing clothes... again!	Monkey
Little girl waiting for some dried fruit	Little girl with Australia sticker	Village	Victoria with dog that adopted her for a bit
Washing and valley	Impressive rice, dhal, bhaat	Victoria, Tara, Justine and Dave thermal springs	Soaking away the aches
Hmmmmm! Needed to crop this one!	On the bridge	"High rise"	Chickens in the trees
Rice paddies	Machapuchare	Victoria after hand washing Nepali skirt	Recycling beer bottles
Fancy a dip in the pool?	We made it there and back again!