Hours of hiking along and across the Kali Gandaki riverbed, facing into a headwind. Lots of donkey caravans, dubious log bridges and dust! Tasted the local specialty - apple cider - at Marpha, twisted my ankle at Ghasa, soaked in the hot springs at Tatopani, got bailed up by smartly-dressed Moaists outside Ghorapani. They made a killing that day, raking in over US$700 from a 30-strong school group, us and some trekkers behind us. Staggered down 3280 steps below Ulleri, bought some lovely jewellry from Karma, a Tibetan refugee at Nayapul and then boarded the bus to Pokhara. Which promptly lost its steering negotiating the hairpin bends! Thanks to a reluctant but kindly local who put us all in his minibus and drove at 40kph to save his suspension, we made it safely to Pokhara.
The end of our trek around the Annapurna Circuit. Please continue onto our 2004 trek to Gokyo and Kalar Pattar
