Author: ianraitt

Day 11: Shree Kharka to Yak Kharka All preliminaries cast aside, we must attempt the main challenge in the next three days, the high pass, the ancient trading route between Manang and Tibet, the Thorung La, standing at 5416m. The approach today is to the lodges at Yak Kharka. Verily this is Yak territory, and…

Day 8: Manang to Shree Kharka The river is a diminished current now, meandering across a stony flood plain that the  monsoon rains pulsing down relentlessly from above submerge in their annual flood.  The next lodge at Shree Kharka is above 4000m, so the altitude is starting to bite. And in the distance further above…

Round Annapurna (Bhul Bhule to Manang – 7 days) Despite having lived in Nepal earlier for a total of almost four years, I had never done the famous Annapurna Circuit. So here goes! The pre-trip journey was a numbing drive on minibus from Kathmandu to Beshisahar, with the constant mental message to the driver ……