Back from the mountains.....

Luckily I didn't stick to my original plan to avoid the mountains because of the monsoon. Nepal is not so crowded with tourists at the moment, but everybody I met told me about trekking (thank you Demian!!) and that it's in spite of seldom rain showers a wonderful experience. Finally I decided against the Buddhist monastery where I wanted to spend my time in deep meditation, and decided to go for the Annapurna Trek. I spend quite some time in Kathmandu buying everything I needed for surviving 10 days in the nature. From raincoat, shoes, sunglasses, a torch & a knife, iodine (water purifying tablets) to a sleeping bag.... everything was in my bag when I left. Although I only took the most essential things, I still had to carry around 17 kg which is quite a lot for a 10 days trek.
Arrived in Pokhara (the gateway to most of the famous treks) I shared the taxi with two French guys (Farid & Sebastien) who also came for the same trek. After a few minutes from my arrival I found trekking partners which I was very happy about.
Next day we started and very quickly I realized that I wasn't in such a good shape. But Seb and Farid where challenging me quite a lot. After the 3rd day which we spend 11 hours hiking steeply up and down I couldn't move anymore. On the same evening we met a funny group of guys, Kristen and her sister Haley from Canada and Matthew and Freddie from England. Suddenly I heard a sentence that inspired me for the rest of my trip "It's not about the destination, it's about the trip!" (Thanks Haley!!!) Next day the French guys left me a sprinted up to the top. I stayed with the other guys and took it really easy. On day 6 early morning we reached the Annapurna Base Camp and saw an incredible sunrise.
The higher we got up the mountain, the more difficult was it to breath. Up at the A.B.C. it was at times really difficult to catch my breath, and I was moving pretty slow. It was sometimes like a delirium, feeling dizzy and weak. Nevertheless we decided to stay for one day at the top, it is one of the most wonderful places of nature I've ever seen in my short life.

Thanks Seb, Farid for pushing me up the mountain!
Thanks Kristen, Haley, Matthew & Freddie for letting me join your group as a friend and having lots of fun together!!!!

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