Oct. 11 
Here is a basic idea of what one of our days might look like:
We get up at 6am (no alarm need, just routine, and an early bed time). Dress, reorganize and pack (gotta love living out of a backpack). Then its breakfast at 6:30am. – I should add here that they have come up with a pretty standard menu for all the guest houses along the circuit. You have to be creative to get much variety in your diet. It basically consists of hot beverages (Nescafé), eggs, breads, soup (Raman), rice, momos, dal baht, curry and a few other items. – After breakfast it is onto the trail, probably somewhere around 7:30am (None of us have watches, I love the life style where time is irrelevant). Our hikes are some where between 5 to 7 hours a day (it seems to fly by). Part way through the day we will stop for lunch at a tea house. We finish our hike for the day probably around 3pm, after arriving in one of the villages and then settling into our guest house. Sometimes we will walk through the town and explore a bit. Then its off to the showers, crossing our fingers for some warm water. Before dinner we have some down time to chat, read, or play cards. Oh yeah and if the sun is out when we finish our hike we will sometimes do a little laundry, although it takes ages to dry in the cool air. Then dinner and after more time for cards and social. My guess is we’re probably crawling into bed sometime around 8:30-9pm. So far every place we’ve stayed has electricity which turns on once it gets dark. However, it is not uncommon for the power to go out, ending our evening in a candle lit atmosphere.
Here is a basic idea of what one of our days might look like:
We get up at 6am (no alarm need, just routine, and an early bed time). Dress, reorganize and pack (gotta love living out of a backpack). Then its breakfast at 6:30am. – I should add here that they have come up with a pretty standard menu for all the guest houses along the circuit. You have to be creative to get much variety in your diet. It basically consists of hot beverages (Nescafé), eggs, breads, soup (Raman), rice, momos, dal baht, curry and a few other items. – After breakfast it is onto the trail, probably somewhere around 7:30am (None of us have watches, I love the life style where time is irrelevant). Our hikes are some where between 5 to 7 hours a day (it seems to fly by). Part way through the day we will stop for lunch at a tea house. We finish our hike for the day probably around 3pm, after arriving in one of the villages and then settling into our guest house. Sometimes we will walk through the town and explore a bit. Then its off to the showers, crossing our fingers for some warm water. Before dinner we have some down time to chat, read, or play cards. Oh yeah and if the sun is out when we finish our hike we will sometimes do a little laundry, although it takes ages to dry in the cool air. Then dinner and after more time for cards and social. My guess is we’re probably crawling into bed sometime around 8:30-9pm. So far every place we’ve stayed has electricity which turns on once it gets dark. However, it is not uncommon for the power to go out, ending our evening in a candle lit atmosphere.
