Report of a trek to Tilicho lake in the Annapurna area in Nepal from May 17-28 Tilicho up closeThe next morning we will first make up for the damage from the previous day. The 3 of us take a walk to the almost completely frozen lake. It is beautifully situated at the foot of the Tilicho massif. Due to the rising temperatures and the forces of the water and the glaciers, the ice has turned into a large mass of ice floes that lie against each other. Climbing to Mesokantu LaAfter taking a good look at the lake, we start the tour at 10:00 am towards Mesokantu La pass from…

Report of a trek to Tilicho lake in the Annapurna area in Nepal from May 17 to May 28 – Part 3 Tilicho Base Camp is located at the end of a glacier in beautiful surroundings. The weather is wonderful and in the tent camp we really have a camping holiday feeling. Sangeeta, who has a much too thin sleeping bag, is already worried about the night temperature in the tent in advance.Santosh and I take a walk and climb a few hundred meters higher for acclimatization. Here we come across a herd of 12 rare blue sheeps. On the way back, it starts to rain and an icy wind…

Thanchowk – PisangFrom Thanchowk we walk through a deep valley to Pisang (3200 meters) where the area becomes drier and barren. We have now walked a bit through the Himalayas and the monsoon should have less influence here and indeed from this day we have less / hardly any problems with the rain. Along the way we meet many road workers who do dangerous and unhealthy work in dangerous places, for a meager wage of rs 120 a day. In some of these places the trekking trails are narrow and steep and one of our porters finds it a bit scary. This porter turned out not to be a “real”…

Travel report of a trek to Tilicho Lake in the Annapurna region of Nepal On May 17th we gather at the trekking office at 8:30 am and not at the horrible time of 6:00 am as the agent would like, but against which we protested strongly. Santosh’s knee and elbow are fully bandaged. He looks more like he has just returned injured from a trek than he is fresh at the start of an adventure. From the trekking office we go to the Gongabu bus station. In the end, we only left there at 10:00 am with the microbus to Besi Sahar, where we arrived at about 4:00 pm. Here…