Lady Annapurna

It was such a breathtaking view to see Annapurna for the first time! She ('cause of course it's a woman) was just rising behind us as we were climbing steeply up. In all her majesty, in a white dress of snow - Annapurna II. A bit further, in the cloud we could see the sister - Annapurna IV. And all around we were surrounded by the white ranges, one in front of the other...

 Manang - long awaited promised land! It's a place at 4000m where everybody stops for a day or two to to acclimatise before going higher and through the pass. After 6 days of trekking we've finally reached it. We stay here with pleasure - the place is full of cafes, bakeries...and cinema! So here comes my favourite activity: Vio takes a book and goes to the cafe for a good cup of coffee and an apple pie :-)

Cinema is the sweetest ever! We (about 10 people) are sitting on the cow/yak skin, the fire is crackling and the lady serves us popcorn and a hot cup of tea :-) The film is a piece of crap (In the thin air) but gives us material to joke for the next 4 days.

We say vultures! Gigantic! Huge birds with the long necks coming in and out of their coat of armour like torsos. About 20 of them! Two were having their meal - ripping the meat out of dead goat... You don't want to mess with those guys...

Tchilicho lake
The highest like in the world - 5000m.
To get there we have to pass by a landslide. What a thrill! A hundred meter of a steep slope of a loose rocks above, the same below and one foot wide path in the middle... To add to the picture, you have rushing down loose stones in front of you or behind. It makes an impression! Beautiful!