Free to Walk at Last
We drove in a mini-bus from Kathmandu to Dumre, where the Annapurna Circuit Trail begins. The road was reasonably good except for places where the monsoon had washed it into the river or had taken out the bridges, leaving us to cross on temporay spans with one lane. It was great to get out and start walking, but the pace of our group was initially very slow through the warm and humid rice fields at 3000 feet elevation. Many of our porters didn't arrive in camp until after dark.
Free to Walk at Last
We drove in a mini-bus from Kathmandu to Dumre, where the Annapurna Circuit Trail begins. The road was reasonably good except for places where the monsoon had washed it into the river or had taken out the bridges, leaving us to cross on temporay spans with one lane. It was great to get out and start walking, but the pace of our group was initially very slow through the warm and humid rice fields at 3000 feet elevation. Many of our porters didn't arrive in camp until after dark.