Well, the trip of a lifetime was indeed a trip of a lifetime. Sarah's trip o' a lifetime was doing the Annapurna Circuit in Himalayan Nepal. 140 miles of trail, 32000 feet of elevation gain and 32000 feet of loss. High point of 17,800 feet and low of 3,000. All in a ll, a pretty amazing trip!
We departed to nepal on a 48 journey to actually get there from Helena to Salt Lake to LA to Hong Kong to Dhaka to Kathmandu. We arrived in Kathmandu bleary eyed and exhausted. The next day we rested and ended up going on a tour around Kathmandu. We saw all sorts of sight, Buddhist Temples, Hindu Shrines, etc, and of course some monkeys:
Our nepalese guide was, other than leading us into a den of touts(where we purchased a homemade Tibetan thankpa), a rather nice bloke. This was a cool shot from Kathmandu looking at this Buddhist temple:
The following day we departed on a long, arduous, terrifying bus ride to the beginning point of our trek. Let's just say if I hadn't of been infatuated with our drivers mole and his awesome horn, I may have vomited out of sheer fright.
Vehicles here share a narrow strip of pavement and play chicken to see who gets it the longest. I would fail miserably every time if i was driving.
As our eight hour trip neared its end, we found ourselves in farms of millet and corn, with a raging river nearby. This looks like Africa:
We spent the night at a rustic guesthouse, and I was nearly concussed by hitting my head on frame of the mens outhouse. It literally knocked me to the ground, where I had a large nodule on my head for a few days, of which I tried to nurse sympathy out of Sarah to no avail. Did I mention we stayed in a town called Buhbuble (means penis in Hindi). Heh.
The views in the morning were awesome, this of Manaslu, our first 8000 meter peak!
Sarah's first trail bridge, one of many. Let's just say she conquered her fears on this trip!
Our hotel had awesome views and a tree of life just down the trail!
The hotel also had awesome views of this poster in our room! Our room was covered in similar, awesome posters!
The next morning we got to visit the local school, where signed their log book, talked with some kids and gave a donation.
Then we continued up the trail, seeing these cool waterfalls along the way:
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