It was a beautiful morning in Tal.
After a long night of suffering the symptoms of severe food poisoning Chelsea decided to take some antibiotics from our trusty medical kit, as recommended by our wilderness medical book. Within 4 hours she was well enough to begin hiking slowly to the next town.
After walking for 3 hours we decided to make it a short day and spend the night in the town of Dharapani (1860m).
The next day, after further recovery from food poisoning, we began hiking early at 6am
The town of Bagarchap, where we stopped for a quick breakfast.
One of the many porters we saw on the trail, carrying a ridiculous load (while wearing flip-flops) in a bamboo basket supported only by a band across the forehead.
Apple blossoms.
Blue pine forest.
Some glorious liverworts.
...and their reproductive structures.
We soon enter a beautiful jungle that reminds us of BC, with lots of moss and other plants surrounded by coniferous trees.
Leafy liverworts.
The same porter we saw earlier...still truckin' along.
These were some very interesting plants, which we saw that have the rare floral arrangement called a spadix, and I believe they are part of the Araceae family.
Manaslu peaks out from the mist.
Conocephalum conicum!?
A member of the 'primitive' plant group called Lycophytes.
After about 6 hours of steady uphill hiking we arrived at our final destination for the day, Koto (2640m). At this elevation we began to notice that exercise became a little more difficult, as the air became thinner.
The next morning we awoke to heavy rainfall, and so we delayed our departure for a few hours until it cleared up a bit.
A collection of carved prayer stones which depict mantras written in Tibetan.
A stupa, outside of Chame.
The rain began again by 10:30am and left us walking in the miserable weather for the rest of the day.
After an additional 4 or 5 hours of very soggy hiking we arrived to Dhikur Pokhari (3080m).
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