During one of the last days of my trek I was thinking about Street Fighter for some reason. My backpack wasn't meant to do things like the 40km walk in Spain and a twelve day trek in the Himalayas. I think most backpack frames are made of some kind of sturdy light weight material not lead. Any how, when my mind went to the safe and warm fuzzy place I thought how I've visited some of the countries that the characters in Street Fighter hail from and it helped me forget about the pain in my feet, legs, and back.
I don't remember if I mentioned this in a previous entry, but I feel like Nepal is too easy compared to India. I miss India and the way it kept me on my toes and alert. Devan and Bim have been completely taking care of me since I got here and I've gone all soft. I almost feel like leaving Nepal sooner and spending another week in India. That probably won't happen, but who knows.
Briefly about the trek. It was difficult, especially with aforementioned backpack. Our pace was fast on most days and it felt like we were going straight up and down the foothills of the mountain, which is not necessarily untrue. At least three times we faced a steep descent followed by a hellish ascent of at least thirty minutes. I also had at least twenty leeches on my feet and ankles. I'll try to relay the leech story some other time.
The thing that kept us going (I was trekking with two Spanish guys and our guides) was almost every morning and a few other hours of the day the clouds went away and we had a clear view of the Annapurna mountain range. I can't imagine doing that trek without any views. I would've felt like I suffered for no reason.
It feels strange to be back in a city after a week and a half in the mountains.
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