Never in my life have I seen such beauty! I have witnessed that it's true - the Himalayan mountains are the biggest and most beautiful mountains in the world! (not that I've seen that many though, but they're definitely different from the ones in Norway and Greenland !) The most amazing thing was sleeping in the Base Camp (4130m) and wake up to be surrounded by mountains on all sides! And all between 6 and 8 thousand meters high! That is as high as they get in our world for your information ;) It is kind of crazy standing in the middle of mountains so big it doesn't even fit in your imagination !
We have been guided all the way by our new, funny and wonderful friend Krishna, who seems to know about everything about this area - which was really nice! We also had a porter, Binod, to carry our big bag so we didn't even have to carry more than a small schoolbag! But even though we got the trip the easy way, I've never experienced something this hard on any other trekking !!! Himalayan hills do not have anything that just seems like its flat - it either up- or downhill! This was a really big test for my poor legs who were not used to being.. well, used! So I can truly say that I look forward to be reunited with the relative flatness of Norways mountains :) Another thing that i simply cannot get used to is the fertility of the nature here! Trees grow up until and past 3000 meters (nothing like a treeline here) and are only stopped when the mountain gets to steep! It's insane to watch and difficult to walk though, but an experience I like to have!
We've seen endless ricefields, insanely high and beautiful mountains, donkeys, buffalos, cola and pringles in endless amounts, LEECHES in numbers so big they almost sucked the life out of me, hot springs, sunrise and new card games with our lovely Krishna!
We also had time to act studip, funny, lame and danish, which is all documented in the videos that won't come out of the camera until I get home so you will have to read about it instead: me sweating myself away, Krishna's "keep you smiling" jokes, and the best of all Matilde who plays with trees, rocks, and water where ever she can find it - she got completely lost in her own world at least a dozen times a day to great entertainment for me and Krishna :)
All in all: what a GRRREAT and WONDERFUL adventure, I wish you could all feel the happiness we did :)
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Dear Ann Katrine
SvarSletIt’s hard to imagine what it is like to wake up among the giants of Himalaya, but it easy to feel that you have had a powerful 10 days experience. It seems that you have been charged with something very strong and long-lasting.
Leeches (Danish: igler?) – how did you handle them?
We are missing photos from you. Have you forgotten the camera-to computer cable?
Other days of adventure are waiting for you and Matilde. I hope you will enjoy them as much.
Love. Lone
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