Chame to Pisang, May 29, 2009

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The Giant Slab


Old Woman


I Love the Children


Me, Showing Little Kids Digital Pictures



Today we hiked from Chame to Pisang Village through dense pine forests. Our trek was short—a mere 5 hours—compared to the 8-9 hours/ day that we have been walking over the past few days. We passed a magnificent slab—a completely flat piece of stone that jets out of the ground at a 45 degree angle. The locals believe that when people die, they rise up the slab on the way to heaven. Although we are completely surrounded by 360 degrees worth of 8,000+ meter snow capped mountains, due to the monsoon clouds we aren’t able to see any of them. I have been doing rain dances to the gods and praying for them to take the clouds away if only for one day.

Tomorrow we trek from Pisang Village (3200m) to Base Camp (4300 m). It is bloody cold already and I am bundled up in my down everything.

This guest house, like most on the Annapurna Circuit has no hot water (despite its huge advertisement that claims otherwise) so I think I will pass again on the showering bit.