Mountain Pixs

Yeah! Finally got these pixs uploaded...slow interenet is a real pain in the...Anyway, this is just an idea of what it looked like out there but really nothing can describe how incredibly spectacular it really was. If you read my last post (from yesterday- see below/last update), I attempted to describe it but think I did a real crap job as I was tired and on a super, super slow connection . This one is a little better but 3x the price - although in town and it is raining today so a good thing not to have to walk out of town to cheaper internet.

Anyway, really enjoying just relaxing in Pohkara and the mountain life up here. It is so different from India and the craziness there - and so much quieter. The food is also fantastic - not to say that the Indian food was not good but I can only eat so many palak panners (curd and spinach currey) and Aloo mutter panner (potato something). I do miss the nan bread but the Momos (potstickers) and Thupka (fat noodle soup) are quite tasty and doing a good job of filling my belly. It also doesn't hurt that there are about five million German bakeries in town with yummy pies and chocolate treats. Good for the tummy after 10 days of trekking.

Anyway enjoying it. Met a real freak the other day - go figure eh? When will I stop attracting these people? Or maybe it is India and Nepal that attracts them, which I actually think is a big part of the case. Lots of whakos running around this part of the world. So, Ella and I were happily enjoying our meal when up comes this guy, walks by, says "hello". Rule #1, never make eye contact with anyone who looks like they might have freak tendencies. Both Ella and I made contact. Then came, "Well, may I join you?" and really, how do you say "no" when you aren't sure the person has lost their marbles yet? So we said "OK" and down he sat. The conversation that ensued is one that I still have not grasp completely. It ranged from the tsunami really being started from India blowing up underwater nuclear bombs off the coast of the Andaman Islands to drinking your urine first thing in the morning (remember, mid to end stream only) to keep you healthy and help ward off diseases. Oh, lets not forget that all babies are swimming around in urine in their mothers wombs, just another reason to continue drinking it - ah, and well, the vaccination thing for kids....bad, bad idea. This is really what creates sick and autistic children. Basically only us strong and lucky ones survive from this hideous vaccine thing. After having received this glories information (and much, much more) we were told (as we escaped out the door), that he hoped that the information he had imparted would better allow us to be the angels that we were. Guess "his connections on earth" as he referred to them had a bunch of info to download onto the world. Needless to say, it was an odd evening.

That said, can I tell you again how great the trek was? I wish I could show or describe or even impart a little of how spectacular it is out there. Sad thing is that in a few years, a road will connect everything and there will be no need to walk it...guess people will have to branch further out.

Oh, and one other thing before I head off into the blue again for a few days...you remember the blanket wearers I mentioned in Lesotho (Africa days), well, it isn't such a bad idea after all. I have even taken to wearing one and boy, in the mountains, was it a blessing. Highly recommend that Vogue take this fashion statment up for next year's season!