Trek Day 17 and 18 – Larjung to Tatopani and rest day in Tatopani

At first we planned to walk 5-6 hours to the village of Ghasa.  Once reaching Ghasa,we felt pretty strong and decided to just continue on to Tatopani where we could relax in the natural hot spring  and enjoy a full day of rest.

 

 

Huge rock with something written in Nepalese…?

 

 

Local man weaving a basket

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These kids came running up to us saying, “photo, photo!” and then excitedly wanted to see their picture on the screen of our digital camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some strange plant growing along the trail.

 

 

After our longest day since the pass (albeit downhill and at lower elevation), we felt we deserved another Yak steak.   :)

 

Rest day in Tatopani

 

Our room in Tatopani

 

We met our first American of the trek so far… Jonathan from New York.  He is working in Pokhara where he teaches English at a school for gifted Nepalese children.  He’s travelled all over the world and returns home only once every couple of years… a true vagabond.  It was nice to talk and hear a familiar accent again.  Also, he gave us tips on things to see/do in Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.

 

During our breakfast, a chicken wandered in to the dining area.

The cook said something in Nepalese and the others in the kitchen laughed… we joked that maybe he said something along the lines of, “… come back around 6 o’clock tonight...”.

 

Path from our lodge down to the hotsprings

 

 

 

Courtyard at our lodge… Rhododendrons in bloom.

 

 

The hot spring next to the river… we didn’t stay too long as it was about 80 degrees out…

 

This friendly cat followed us around most of the day… we creatively named him “Grayston”.

 

 

He followed us into our room where we fed him Hob Nobs (cookies), the only food we had on hand. 

 

Grayston would crawl into Scott’s sleeping bag at night.