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Marpha, Nepal
Saturday, Dec 03, 2005

Day 12, Kagbeni to Marpha

David Murray
2007-02-23 22:36:03

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Start - Finish

Kagbeni - Marpha

Altitude - Descent

2776 Metres - 2598 Metres - 178 Metres

Distance - 16 Kilometres

After being slack for one day, we got back into the routine of getting up early, having breakfast and leaving. As we were walking out the door, the owner gave us our very own Yak Donald prayer scarves to keep !!! I wonder how much I could get for them on Ebay !!! We walked out and followed the river. It was amazing. We were on the edge of a giant riverbed, which, at present, was only a trickle. We followed the path, and eventually, it went into the riverbed as we headed towards Jomsom. Along the way, we saw the Americans again with Christian the Dutchie. They went flying past us like we were not moving !!! As we were coming into Jomsom, we watched a plane take off and as it flew, it looked like it was going to hit the mountains until it banked late. Would have made a great shot. Jomsom was huge. We made our way through it, and ran into Marco again. He had cancelled his flight back as he was enjoying the walk. Ryan and Megan, the Seppoes, and Christian saw us, so we had a coffee with them. We were joined by a dodgy Pom called Stuart who was from Kent. We had a bit of a laugh, and then we moved on. Ryan and Megan caught us quickly. Christian had stayed behind as he was flying out, so they started walking with us. They seemed nice, so upon arriving in Marpha, we let them get the hotel room, as they were paying nothing everywhere !!! Once settled, we walked the town and had a look in a Buddhist Monastery. It was pretty impressive. Dinner, came early, as tomorrow, we have a much longer walk ahead of us

Breakfast - Porridge

lunch - Chocolate Croisant and Vege Pizza

Dinner - Vege Lasagne