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Vacation Annapurna, part 3

Days 6–8, Ghorapani to Tukuche
Friday morning, October 11 (Day 6), came early at 4:40 AM. We’d have to be on top of Poon Hill (3210 m) by 6:00 AM to see the sunrise so we tried to gather ourselves in a civilized manner. Kara was on wake-up duty and after she roused us we all [...]

Vacation Annapurna, part 2

Days 4–5, Pokhara to Ghorapani
I was in debt and getting the hell out of Pokhara. Every day we’d been in Pokhara we’d done little else (especially myself) than run errands and try and get our bags together.
Once again, Andrew out did me as the lightest packer. All he’d brought was a small, child’s backpack that [...]