Trekking the Annapurna Circuit in June has a special charm : Clouds! SOAKED IN RAIN and all those great views of the Himalayas obscured by clouds and misty weather? Sure, trekking in the monsoon period can be a wet experience. June is early monsoon period in Nepal, and it’s getting more cloudy this time of [...]
Read More +Improving your chances : How do you go about finding a snow leopard in the wild Himalayas? Several trekking agencies offer each their variety of a “snow leopard trek” – but what are the chances of actually seeing a snow leopard in the wild Himalayas? And does hiring one of these agencies improve your chances [...]
Read More +Is it really global warming that is causing Himalaya nomads to flee the mountains? I’ve just seen the movie “Broken Moon”, telling the story of a Himalayan nomadic tribe living in the Ladakh Himalayan range. It’s a wonderful and picturesque movie, telling the story of the tribe and the challenges faced by global warming and [...]
Read More +The Nyeshangba, Narba, Phuba and other people of Manang are facing big change, as the first motorable road to the area comes closer… Blasts and explosions echoes through the otherwise quiet mountain valleys in Manang, just behind the great Annapurna mountain (8091 m). The Nepal Army is in charge of opening up a track to [...]
Read More +10 suggestions that will make your trek around Annapurna even more adventurous! Each year, close to a 100.000 trekkers are trekking the Annapurna Circuit (should that be ‘Circus’?). Far most of them follow pretty much the same route: Anti-clockwise, starting in Besisahar, going up to Chame, then Pisang, then Manang village, over the Thorung La, [...]
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