Day
1 - Kathmandu - Besisahar - Khudi (790m/2592ft) October
30, 2001
Day
2 - Khudi - Syanje (1100m/3609ft)
October 31, 2001
As we were running
behind schedule, instead of walking from the trailhead at Besisahar
to Khudi we drove along the trail, leaving trekkers and mule
trains eating our dust as we passed them along the way
Camp was situated
near the village of Khudi, 790m/2592ft along the Marsayangdi
river valley
Day
2 - Khudi - Syanje (1100m/3609ft)
October 31, 2001
Looking north
along the Marsayangdi river valley
Brenda
crossing a footbridge. Mule trains use the same bridges so they
need to be strong
m-o-o-n, that
spells bridge
Sub-tropical
fauna and midday heat typify the climate in these lower altitudes
of the circuit
rest break during
the ascent to our lunch spot at Bahundanda
Terraced fields
Frank & Kelly
amusing some Bahundanda children with their camcorder
viewfinder