For a change, I wake up early this morning. Having checked that Nitya is still breathing, I try to be as noiseless as possible, without too much success. It’s quite light outside. I push the curtains aside, and see the snow mountains. There’s a pale half-moon above the mountain. I realise this is the highest…
Nitya again wakes up bright and early and orders masala chai in the room for us. We order a “simple breakfast”: toast, butter/jam, fried eggs or omelette, and chai. We aren’t in any hurry to start off, we laze over breakfast and eventually rouse ourselves to hit the trail. It’s a steep climb out of…
Nits has woken up real early (the woman seems indefatigable!), taken a walk around the beautiful garden, has had her morning masala chai… and is urging me to wake up and do the same. Bloody Ms. Program Manager, keeps me focused on getting ready, walking around the garden, and getting packed before breakfast. Today the…
Annapurna Partial Circuit, 5th – 18th May 2007 Trekking in the Himalayas has always had a special allure to me. Having done a 6 day camping and trekking trip in the Himachal Himalayas opposite the Kailash Manimahesh range, I got restless this year for more Himalayas… happily for me, Manisha, whom I first met in…
