Annapurna Circuit Days 8-11

I wake up to a loud Thud as Joe bangs against the wall that our rooms share. “Get your ass up” I hear him yell. We leave Manang after some much needed R&R and also some time to acclimatize. The village is much bigger so it takes us sometime to get out [...]

Annapurna Circuit Day 7

Sitting at 3,519meters the city of Manang is one of the largest villages that we visit. NGOs  have setup various accommodating features such as two movie theaters (more on that later), fresh water stations, and free AMS informational seminars. The accommodations are much better here as well as the food served at [...]

Annapurna Circuit Days 4 – 6

The terrain changes quite fast and soon we are seeing more and more snow capped peaks. The trails have now become steeper and that once lush green has now been replaced. There are still trees and vegetation but they become scarcer and scarcer. Most of the trees now are conifers [...]

Annapurna Circuit Days 1 -3

The Annapurna Circuit officially starts with the initial checkpoint where Nepalese trekking officials check our permits and we sign in so the Nepalese know to rescue us if we fail to checkin for an extended period of time. The weather is hot so shorts and tshirts are more than adequate. Without [...]

Christine and I meet up with Joe and Nate who are both traveling from Dubai. They both just left Dubai like me so we’ve got much to talk about. Its funny to hear that other travelers get the same experience when visiting Dubai and we all have a good laugh at how weird and [...]