Tales from the trail

Trekking is great! You really see the world go by here. There is a building boom in Langtang village at the top of the valley to cope with the increasing numbers of Trekkers and everything has to be carried in either by mule or porter. So we've seen a bed go by today followed by a stack of 3*2m ply wood and a western toilet. All on the back of a poor long suffering porter! 

Another one that made us laugh was a tiny wizened Tibetan lady bent almost double by a huge load who was gabbling away on her mobile phone. 

The bush telegraph works extremely well with news of who is on the trail, whether passes are open etc all travelling up and down the trail by porters and guides

The downside of all the increased traffic is overgrazing by mules and yaks and some of the fields especially around Langtang are looking seriously degraded and eroded. 

Another thing we noticed compared to last time was that a lot of the terraced fields were no longer being farmed as people realize they can make more money from tourists. 

One of the really nice things about travelling is not being contactable ( sorry Anna). So instead of spending our evenings servicing our emails we... Talk!

Have met some delightful people and a few weirdos! Last night we met up with 3 hilarious Scottish guys from Arran one of whom ran whisky tours and offered us a 'special' tour if we ever go there for a boys weekend - interested boys?

We've now retraced our steps down the Langtang valley and branched off to Thulo Syabru. We've got internet access for one night only so next blog probably in a week