I had originally planned to do the Annapurna Base Camp trek but I ended up doing the Poon Hill Trek. It was in the same area but we for beginners. I caught a bus from Pokhara to Nayapul in the morning which is where the trek begins and I set off.
I had my permit validated at the checkpoint at Birethanti and stopped on the trail for lunch.
I had also planned to do the ABC trek which would have been 9 days all together but I ended up finishing after 4 days.
I ended up going up what seemed like an endless staircase to get to my Ulleri, my first stop where I got a room at one of the large guest houses. I was racing sunset and made it by about half an hour. The view from the room was beautiful.
While I’ve been trekking before, the was the first time I was carrying my own pack. It was about 33 pounds with water and snacks.
The second day was also all uphill but much easier. I caught the sunrise from my room.
I had a breakfast apple pie and then started the hike.
I thought I still had an hour left to hike when I reached Ghorepani, my destination for the day.
I arrived in plenty of time to watch the sunset.
The next day we left at 5am to watch the sunrise at Poon Hill. I joined a couple that I met for the short hike. I’d end up hiking with them for the remainder of the trip.
It was a short hike and afterwards we had breakfast before leaving for Tadapani.
We watched the sunset, had dinner and played hearts before heading to bed.
The sunrise the next morning was probably better than the previous morning. It had the benefit of not having to walk an hour to see it, we just walked outside our rooms.
I decided to go back to Pokhara instead of to trek, mostly due to everything hurting. Going down was also pretty rough. I didn’t have a plan for getting back to pokhara but thankfully I was able to join my new hiking friends.
By shortening the trek it ended up leaving me with extra time in Pokhara and Kathmandu which is good because it took me days to recover from the trek.
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