Day 3: Nangi to Phulbari - Breakfast at 7. Headed out 7:30. We passed by yellow fruit trees. The name was not translatable.
Mike says, "I'm ready for a Tuborg." This is the first international brand of beer launched in Nepal in 1990. (Photo: Amrit Ale/Himalayan Quests)
Doctors Del and Tim, and Lin.
The short and long of it. (photo: Amrit Ale/Himalayan Quests)
One word: Breathtaking! (photo Amrit Ale/Himalayan Quests)
Stopping to admire a forest of rhododendron trees. (Photo: Amrit Ale/Himalayan Quests)
Villager on his way to work carrying a saw blade. (photo: Amrit Ale/Himalayan Quests)
One of many wild flowers. (photo: Amrit Ale/Himalayan Quests)
(photo: Amrit Ale/Himalayan Quests)
Kagi whips up our lunch in the middle of nowhere.
Rice and vegetables for an outdoor picnic lunch. Bio-degradable bowls made of banana leaves are held together with bamboo sticks.
Now it's Sukey's turn to feel ill. Today and for the next two days Kagi carries her backpack. There were several cattle guards, stone walls and wooden fences we climbed over.
It's not unusual for village women to smoke when they are working alone in the fields. Note the handwoven baskets to the left used by the porters for carrying food and our gear. (photo: Amrit Ale / Himalayan Quests.)
Dr. Del stands in front of Phulbari Guest House, our home away from home for tonight. "This community house is three years old and has improved each year," said Amrit. It's built with 2 x 4's, and a plywood shell with a tin roof. Beds, like all others we've had so far, are wooden platforms with mattresses ranging from 1 1/2" to 3" thick. We were grateful this house had no steps.
On a map Amrit shows Tim and Del where we have been and where we are headed tomorrow.
Del, Amrit, Donna and Tim relax at the end of today's trek with beverages of choice. Beer or coffee after a long day.
Another marvelous sight. L-R: Village woman. Del and Amrit. Two porters, Hira and Thaman.