Day 1st
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We started the first day from Sanjib's house. We took a taxi for the Baglung bus park. And then we headed towards Nayapul boarding a local bus. It is the last road side area in our trek route. We then packed few things for our trek and moved forward towards Ghandruk. We decided to stay on Komrong Danda in the first day. That place was really beautiful, on top of the Hill. So was Machhapuchre Guest House where we stayed. I enjoyed staying there rather than walking past Ghandruk actually. Komrong Danda was on 2300 meters height. We enjoyed the warmth of our jacket amid the chilling cold and wind and had a good stay there.
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Day 2nd
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One of my friends decided to return back to home owing to his weakness and feable state of mind. We had no other choice but to let him return with a known tourist guide. This day was going to be hard, as we had to go 400 meters down in a steeper trail and then climb up 600 meters in a steeper trail. Now that we were only three; Bijay, Umesh and me :), we all were so determined to reach in our destination. All of us showed courage in this hard time and walked past Chomrong and then to Sinuwa, Bamboo and finally to Dovan, our shelter place for second night. We stayed on Dovan Guest House, which at last came out to be the most expensive place we ever stayed by vitue of its location and price. I couldn't resist the odour of sweat in my body and took a hot shower worth Rs. 150/- which the guest house owner forgot to add on our bill luckily tomorrow morning :D.
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Day 3rd
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We saw the view of Machhapuchre clearly from Dovan in the early morning. With the sheer joy of being closer to our destination, ABC, we then headed towards it. With each coming days, we walked faster than previous days. I loved walking faster, which my friends resisted mostly. However, with the grace from the holy God, i enjoyed company from an Australian woman while walking from Dovan to MBC. We reached Machhapuchre Base Camp (MBC) at around 12:30 PM and took our lunch there. We sticked with our typical Nepali food; Dal-Bhat and me with the spoon because of my long and dirty nails :D. We slowly moved up towards Annapurna Base Camp after taking rest at MBC. All of us were tired by MBC. I, in the meanwhile, got depressed and took the medicine of altitude sickness. However, the company of three girls in the way made our walk easy. We couldn't sleep until midnight because of the altitude and cold.
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Day 4th
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We all woked up at 5:30 AM early in the morning in order to have the panoramic view of mountains. The luscious scene couldn't last long because of the fog. We waited until 8:30 AM, when finally the peaks started to glitter and the thick fog in the surrounding began to part. Our paitence paid us back. Wonderful, snowy mountains just infront of us everywhere! Few lines from an Australian couple still echoes within me "We are in the middle of the Universe"-"We are in the paradise" and Yes! She was absolutely true in her words. It feels like you are on your own, washing your thoughts, and all that you think is Nature's precious gifts. It was the real joy … a painless moment that shall cherish deep into my heart for as long as i live. I was in the middle of another dream come true moment. I forgot every inch of pain and difficulties on the way up. We then marched fast like a horse and reached Chhomrong for the night stay. This day, i met a British Boy, a Londoner, named Louie and shared our experiences and cultures which i enjoyed a lot. This boy wished to be a film maker and may his wish come true. But the night was too noisy because of the Spanish family staying next room next to my bed.
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Day 5th
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The most frustating walk in my entire trek was on this day. Tired legs, mind and long way to go to make it upto Nayapool was dragging me to lengthen our trek. Hot spring bath at Jhinu Danda was really worth getting once. It felt like i was washing all my pains in the hot water. Almost 1 hour of bath couldn't make us feel like leaving. What a rendezvous it was? Hot Spring on the bank of Modi river!!! We then started walking through the New Bridge following the easier route to Syauli Bazar. But since we were already tired, each step seemed too hard to take then. We were running short of water and starving badly until we got to kilyu and had a lunch there. Finally we made it upto Nayapol around 4:00 PM. Now then we were in jolly mood because of being back after finishing such a hectic yet memorable journey.
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