Joseph 6.30 AM – Wake up.  Peek out of sleeping bag…it’s cold in the room.  Get out and quickly change out of night clothes into walking clothes. 7.00 AM – Meet Clare and Darroch (our trekking companions) and Kaji and Laddu (our guide and porter).  Order a breakfast of milk tea, boiled eggs and Tibetan…

Penny Before leaving Canada, a couple of my co-workers (you know who you are) made me promise to get a picture of me and a yak.  So, here you go guys!  Enjoy…

We’ve added a Nepal album with tons of photos of our trek.  Some of the photos (including many of the best ones) were taken by Darroch or Clare, our trekking companions.  To save on memory card space we tried to use only one camera at a time.  Enjoy the pics!

Penny For a map of the Annapurna Circuit please go to http://www.annapurnatrek.com/annapurna_map.html The primary reason for coming to Nepal was to do one of the multi-day mountain treks that the country is famous for. Once here, we decided that the way to go was the Annapurna Circuit. We and our newly found English friends, Clare…

Penny After 3 days of travel, 3 flights and 2 overnight layovers, we finally arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal.  The city is a shock to the senses and it greets you immediately after getting off the plane.  Traffic, dust and people are everywhere!  Kathmandu is the exotic-sounding capital of this  mountain kingdom. The city is overcrowded,…