The last part of the trek, the most relaxing part and a bit of a beer trek. After Muktinath I walked every day with Sarah and Marty whom I met one the second day of the trek. They are an Australian couple and I travelled all the way to Kuala Lumpur with them. Gavin and Sunmi a USA / South Korean couple with whom we had great fun and stayed with till the strik in Pokhara. More about that in a bit. And Mike whom is a beautifull person with a golden hart and has a facination with ants.

Day 10 from Muktinah to Kagbeni 133km, 2800m

Day 11 from Kagbeni to Marpha 146km, 2670m

Day 12 from Marpha to Lete 163km, 2535m

Day 13 from Lete to Tatopani 183km 1200m

Day 14 relaxing day in Tatopani after a rugh night for some. We said goodbye to Mike who was one his way to India.

Day 15 from Tatopani to Ghorepani 202km, 2870m

Day 16 from Ghorepani to Poonhill to Nay Pul 211km, 3200m 1020m

Poonhill, the worst day of the trek, the boys, Marty, Gavin and Me did this extra part of 2 days, day 15 and 16. But the view on top of Poonhill of the whole Annapurna range was clouded so we couln't see shit and we still needed to go down all the way to Nay Pul. Walking down stairs and trails a good 2100 meters is killing for you knees. After finaly arriving in Nay Pul they told us we couldn't get to Pokhara where the girls where staying because of a strike. When we heard of a strik we thought is was just a normal bus strike. To bad for us a strike in Nepal means that there is no transportation at all. No busses, no taxi's, no cars, no motorbikes no nothing. We later found out that a strik means also no shops open, no restaurants open no nothing open. And that went one for 7 days. :S

After waiting 4 hours in Tatopani hoping to get a ride, there was a guy who would drive us for 5000 NRP (50 Euro) which is a lot of money in Nepal. We finaly go a cab to Pokhara for 4000NRS and went on the wurst taxi ride ever. There where road blocks with bolders on the road. People screaming at us. We needed to stop somewhere to wait on the rain. Then the "protesters" would go away. The cab driver kept his lights of as long as possible in the dark. Turning the mountain roads without light doesn't seem safe, but it wass safer then with probebly.

We arrived at the border of Pokhara city where we got stopped by even more Maoist protesters. At the 3rd checkpoint that was it. We needed to get out of the cab and walk. We paid the cabby 3/4 of the price and walked an other good hour till we finally arrived at the hotel. Where we chilled and watch the protest for an other 6 days.

The exact reason for the protest is still unclear, but there where some demands of the Maoist but the Goverment wasn't willing to go along. One of the demands was that there army would be included in the goverment army and letting there soldiers and every one keep the rank they had in the Maoist army. Something you can imagine is not quite easy if a Maoist admiral is a guy with a stick and flipflops.

After 5 days I had enough and together with Sarah and Marty booked a ticket to Kuala Lumpur and een ticket from Pokhara to Kathmandu. (As there where no buses to Kathmandu from Pokhara).

Next post, my complete disbelief of Kuala Lumpur after India and Nepal for 4 months.