Our final Himalayan stroll was the classic trekking route of the Annapurna circuit. Covering about 200 kilometres in 18 days, we climbed up alongside the Marshyangdi river valley to Manang and then over the rarefied heights of Thorung La, one of the world's highest mountain passes at 5416 metres or 17769 feet to the Kali Gandaki river and then followed the sacred river downstream before some final days climbing to the Himalayan viewpoint at Poon Hill and returning to Pokhara.
Turning the prayer wheels
At the Buddhist monastery in Upper Pisang
Upper Pisang village
Recycled prayer wheels
Yak near Manang
Some snow on the climb to Thorung La pass (5416 m)
My 16 year old boots get decommissioned the day after the pass
Jhong village, near Muktinath
Yak caravan
Modern yak
Kali Gandaki river near Kagbeni
Kagbeni
Kagbeni post office
Ghasa
Dust makers
Drying grains on the roof
Sunrise - view from Poon Hill of Dhaulagiri and the valley towards Jomsom
Pokhara, Nepal
