My trek to Annapurna Base Camp by @sampu - Part 1 - (PowerUp 100%)
It was my dream since long time that we will trek Annapurna Base Camp, since I started trekking. Not only me, those who it is a dream for all the trekkers to stand in front Annapurna I, Annapurna III, Machapuchare, Annapurna South, Gangapurna, Gandharvachuli.
This trek was originally planned during October 2020. However, we had to postpone due to COVID-19 pandemic situation and travel restrictions.
There are 8 members in our group. They are Abhishek, Ambar, Ankita, Binoy, Kathakali, Tapas, Ujjwal, and myself Sampat.
Along with dress, woollens, toiletries and trek equipment like trek-pole, head-lamp, we were carrying dry foods like cake, biscuit, snacks, energy-bar, almond, kaju-nut, raisins, dates, peanuts, bhujia, tea-bag, coffee-powder, milk-powder, stevia extract etc.
We had done our RTPCR test and all were negative. We carried the report with us.
We had seat reservation in 03155 Kolkata-Sitamarhi Express on 01-Apr-2021. We reached Kolkata station by 20:00. The train departed at scheduled time 20:55. We had packed dinner for the night. We finished our dinner and went to sleep with mind full of excitement.
Train ticket cost : 950 INR or 12.88 USD in 3AC compartment
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Location : Sitamarhi, India.
The next day, 02-April-2021 we reached Sitamarhi at 11:00. We had breakfast in train with cake, biscuit. On reaching Sitamarhi, we completed our lunch in railway canteen.
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Location : Sitamarhi, India.
From Sitamarhi, we boarded a local train to Raxaul Junction and reach Raxaul at 17:00.
Train ticket cost : 45 INR or 0.61 USD in Unreserved compartment
There was covid test at Raxaul and we were allowed to leave only after detecting negative.
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Location : Raxaul, India.
From Raxaul, we hired 3 horse-cart and started towards Birgunj. Birgunj is in Nepal, crossing the boarder.
Cost : 200 INR or 2.71 USD per cart
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Location : India-Nepal border
We were super excited while we see the famous gateway to Nepal.
Nepal immigration officers enquired about our destination, purpose of visit, checked our luggage and allowed us to enter Nepal. No visa is required for Indians visiting Nepal.
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Location : Birgunj, Nepal.
Our next destination is Pokhra in Nepal. Once we are in Birgunj, we find all the buses for Pokhra are fully booked. Hence, we opted for Kathmandu and the bus started at 20:30 Nepal Standard Time.
Cost : 750 NPR or 6.33 USD in non air-conditioned seat.
Next Part : https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@sampu/my-trek-to-annapurna-base-camp-by-sampu-part-2-powerup-100
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You have an interesting journey. I've never been to those parts))
Hello @bambuka, from the very first trek, Annapurna Base Camp was a topic of discussion during the campfire. Most the people who prefer alpine trek, always dream to visit Annapurna Base Camp at least once.
My first trek was in 2012. It took me 9X365X24X60X60 second to finally reach Annapurna Base Camp.
And the one who has already been, dreams of returning there again))
Yes @bambuka, those who visited once are surely planning to visit again and again. Now I visit the place daily when I close my eyes and check the calendar when can I manage leave to actually visit again.
I posted the second part today.
https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@sampu/my-trek-to-annapurna-base-camp-by-sampu-part-2-powerup-100