Trek Days 2 & 3

Yesterday I woke at 6.30 in time for sunrise which I watched from balcony/corridor outside my room. It was beautiful as it came over a mountain. It wasn’t until I went outside however I saw the huge white Annapurna south catching the sun. It looked really close but in fact it’s just bigger then any terrestrial thing I’ve ever seen (excluding maybe oceans), and this is only Annapurna south, almost 1km lower than Annapurna I.

We set off by 8 and descended till 3 when we stopped at new bridge. Finally I got my first chess win against Roberto (5-1 to him since we met in Pokhara). After lunch it was too late for the trek to the next village before dark so we spent the eve reading and chatting to other trekkers we met the previous night.
Today we started again at 8ish and got to Jhinu for 10 and left our packs there as we detoured down to hot springs, which was great on aching muscles.

I wish I’d taken my chess set for a comedy location game (beats the King Billy)
We picked up our packs, Had lunch and made the 400m ascent to Chomrong in 1h30!! as the weather closed in. Tomorrow we have a steep 500m decent to cross this valley and then it’s all uphill to Annapurna base camp (ABC)