The rest are here.
My photos are probably the best description of the trek, although they probably only capture about 5% of the experience. The last 16 days have been one of the most incredible journeys of my entire life. In fact, I am still so overwhelmed by everything that I am having trouble putting it into words! Needless to say, sitting in a cafe on a computer next to a road with cars is totally surreal right now. Waking up this morning and not packing up all of my belongings and walking for 7 hours is relieving, yet disappointing. I am happy to have quiet time with Michael, but it doesn't seem right to be in Nepal and not drinking local wine with Nepali guides, porters, and lodge owners. At 4pm, I expect to have to order dinner since it will take 2 hours for the lodge owners to gather the ingredients and cook for all of the guests on a small wood fire. I am in total shock being back in a city.
Of course, it didn't help that the moment we returned to civilization, everything seemed to go wrong. I suffered a mild concussion on the very bumpy bus ride back, and we arrived at our hotel to find that my back had not arrived, and that our reservation was booked for the wrong day. But yesterday we got our new room and my bag, and today we can finally start to recharge our batteries and prepare for the next leg of our travel: 6 weeks in India!
