ADVENTUROUS STORY ABOUT LOCAL BUSES /// THE BEGINNING OF ANNAPURNA CIRCUIT TREK

It was 7 am and we were driving in a cab on our way to so called New bus station in Kathmandu.
To say the least, there is no bus station, just a bunch of people who own buses and minivans. You just give them a shout of your final destination and the just grab you and take you to their bus. They are trying to have as many passengers as bus can physically fit, so the journey from Kathmandu to Besisahar wasn't that pleasant but honestly it was totally worth it.

7 shaky hours to Besisahar

We were very surprised by the way they find new passengers along the way. There were two guys standing by the opened door and they would signal the driver to slow down by hitting the door twice with their hand and then they would jump out of the bus and they ask people where they are heading to and then they would just pull them in until the bus is totally packed. By the way, we forgot to mention that there are no schedules so you will catch a bus only if you are lucky. The whole journey took about 7 hours in stuffed, noisy and around 40 years old metal casket with a music and working TV. :D

Another thing we would like to add is that driver was supercool with great experience and probably he would beat
Schumaher.

2 bumpy hours to Ngadi

After 7 shaky hours we arrived to Besisahar and took another local bus to Ngadi. Well...if previous bus was metal casket, this one was rusty metal casket, just smaller. BUT, the interior was supercolorful, the music was beautiful, the driver was even better, road way more difficult and passengers were like one big family.

Ngadi welcomed us with rain showers, thunder, lovely people and delicious ginger tea. After spending a night we woke up with a sunrise, packed our bags and left for adventure of a lifetime, ANNAPURNA CIRCUIT.

First steps into Annapurna Circuit

200 metres up the road we lost our breath, started to sweat and realized how heavy our bags are, but after we saw magnifiscent views around us, we forgot about all the problems and heavy bags, so we just kept walking.
All the way up we were following the river. The amazing landscapes were seen on every step we took, the sun
playing with mountain tops and clouds, families doing the early agricultural tasks, birds gave us amazing
melodies and feeling of a spring, we could feel the spring in the air.

Ngadi to Ghermo, 9km

Our task for the first day was to get to Ghermo and it is about 9 km. We really enjoyed the trek, because it was full of unexpected things, like, goats on the path, after that some kids going from the school and asking for a chocolate.
We stopped at the lovely guest house with a stunning view from a terrace. The first thing we did, we went to the roof top with hot tea and favorite books. After that we had delicious Dal Bhat with chicken, soup and banana pie for dinner.

On our way to Ghermo we found a little waterfall, so we decided to take about one million photos :D

We had a lunch in a very nice place, where lady and her daughter offered us fresh-just-made food. Just couldn't deny it, especially if the tea was for free :)

In all guest houses we have stayed so far, we payed only for dinner and breakfast and room was for free, the main reason for this is that the season haven't started yet and in several guest houses we were the only customers.
For staying in Ghermo we payed 1700 rs (hot shower included).
We went to bed pretty early, because we were tired and we wanted to be energized for the next day.

Ghermo to Tal, 12km

Day 2 started with a getting out of the bed with pain in our legs...and butt..which is good :D 15 kg and even more on your back is not a joke, probably after the Annapurna Circuit we will be able to do anything and by the way, traveling is the best way to lose weight. Checked. :D The higher into the mountains you go, the more expensive EVERYTHING becomes. The weather is getting colder and the views getting more surprising.

The other half of our road was very difficult, the road was very steep and we were going veeeery slow, I thought I wont reach the village in that day :D But in the end everything was good, except our legs..we could barely feel them. After such a long way we had a dinner with 2 Dal Bhats (you can notice how much we like them :D,
but the idea of Dhal Bhatts are that if you want to have more they will gladly bring you more rice and other stuff
without any charge, so you can fill up your stomach properly.) , tea, coffee and masala tea. Every day we get so tired that we are going to bed at 9 pm and our alarm clock is set at 6 am. Who said traveling is easy? :D

If you ever will try to the Annapurna trekking, make sure you have a proper sleeping bag, because if not, you will
be freezing even at +5 degrees, luckily we can sleep together and hug each other, cuz it's the only way how to warm up.

Anyways, after a good sleep we woke up for amazing breakfast - chocolate pancake and musli with milk and honey. For
staying in Tal we paid 2250 rupees.

These 2 days of trekking were difficult, because of the sunny weather as well, +20 degrees makes you sweat.

Tal to Danaqyu, 10km

On our way we met about 10 other tourists, from Slovakia, Australia, Germany, US and many more. We made good contacts and the trekking was more fun, because everyone sharing their experiences and adventures they had. The 3rd day was waaay more comfortable, we just got used to everything, so it was easy, I would say. For comparing, in Danaqyu (dinner + breakfast) we spent 2400 rupees.

As we are budget travellers we are allowed to spent 50$ for two per day. Now we are doing more than okay, 20$-25$ for
two per day is more than enough.

Tip

Make sure you buy snacks, nuts, energy bars in Kathmandu, because up here, as I said, everything is more expensive.

Now we are continuing our hiking and we will let you know about more advenutres soon, because when you are in

mountains you barely can have an Internet or Wi-Fi..or even an electricity :D

Sending you a lot of beautifully snowy peaks.
P.S. For keeping ourselves warm, we always have a thermos full with a ginger tea, which helps in almost any situation. :)

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