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After two 2-day treks around Annapurna, I was ready for the big trek of this year - Mardi Himal! Mardi Himal trek goes from Phedi via Dhampus to Mardi Himal's base camp on 4.500m, and I was really excited to get up to the high parts of the Himalayas again after roaming around the lower areas a couple of times. View from Mardi Himal trek / View point, 4,500m, 7am. Left is Annapurna South, Hiunchuli and right the Fish Tail.  Me and Anamika at the start of our trek, in Dhampus How to cheat 4h uphill on stairs.. The trek to Mardi Himal - Dhampus is between Phedi and Pothana Anamika from the Childreach Nepal office is apart from a dear friend, also a motivated trekker and loves the mountains and the village life. She arrived early Friday morning to Pokhara and after a nice breakfast we said goodbye to Dan who was flying back to Kathmandu to then go back to the UK, and we headed out to start our adventure. I had already investigated if we could get a bus to the vil

Jen to the top Trekking is one of the things I love to do, and being in Nepal close to the Himalayas it is a given on my to-do list. I have been lucky as well to have had friends visiting who have the same interest and who wants to see the remarkable landscape and mountains of this place. I have told you about my second trek already with my friend Dan, but the first trek was in the beginning of April when my cousin Anki and my friend Milka and family were here, coincidentally at the same time. Luckily all of them enjoy the outdoors, so we could head out to explore! Route: Phedi - Dhampus - Australian Camp - Kande -- 2 days, 1 night -- 2,000m height max Annapurna National Park We agreed to fly to Pokhara, 30mins flight from Kathmandu. Climate is different, the pace a lot slower and it is a popular place for Nepalese people to come for holiday too. Phewa Lake is the main place to walk along, and there are plenty of bars to choose from, all offering food, drink and live musi

Wow, this last month has been action packed and I have to revert back to end of March to catch up.  Scandi tour of Kathmandu Anki and I at Boudha stupa I had the pleasure of visits from both my cousin Ann Kristin from Oslo and my dear friend Milka and her family from France. Then Dan came from the UK and now Anna from the UK is here, she is although here working but still. I am loving it!   After the obligatory sight seeing around Kathmandu, Ann Kristin and I went together with Anamika from Childreach Nepal to volunteer at their Meera Centre, a centre for Early Childhood Development outside Panauti, around 40km east of Kathmandu. Ann Kristin enjoyed the day shift with the children supporting the teacher as she is also a kindergarten teacher and I had the great job to paint the centre at night and refresh the classrooms in a bright happy green colour. Anki playing with the kids The painter woman   We spent the nights sleeping on the classroom floor which

Trekking in Annapurna is amazing, everyone who has ever been knows that. It is my 3rd time back, where the last time actually only was a couple of weeks ago with my cousin Anki and my friend Milka and her family. We did a short-ish trek for 2 days and had a great time. Before crossing a suspension bridge This time my friend Dan is here and he also wanted to see what all this noise about trekking in Nepal is all about, and yes, I have been preaching to everyone about it and now it is time to show off. We started yesterday with a route I did 2 years ago, from Nayapol to Ghandruk. Nayapol is at 1,040m and Ghandruk at 1,960m, so it is a big climb up never ending steps, mixed up with a couple of roads and suspension bridges. We were quite happy to reach Gandruk, got company on the last bit from a Hungarian guy, Marton, who had decided to trek to Annapurna Base Camp. A trek that takes 9 days they say, he had only a week. I tried to advise him on another route that he could quite nic