Night time arrives very early here in India, at about 6 p.m. So we went to sleep very early as well. That meant that at 6a.m. I couldn't sleep, so I woke up. It was nice, as our camping site was a cute nice area next to a river full of goat and sheep shit.
At 6:30, as every morning in the trek, we had coffee and tea ready, and after so much tea I had to go pee constantly. So that first night I had to get up in the middle ofthe night, to what our guide called a "little job". Once in action, it suddenly struck me the following question: What kind of animals roam around here? So all this big mammals appeared in my mind and I definately freaked out, finished my little job as quick as I could and went straight to my tent, as if in there I would be safer!!!
So the day went along walking and making pictures of magnificent views and wildlife and stopping at the village of lower ghuni to eat, ending up above upper Ghuni at 2400 m high. It had been a 3 to 4 hour trek day, so it had been just fine.
The second campsite was full of mules and cow bells sounding from every side of the area. It wasn't a pleasant campsite as the first day, as it was full of foreigners. Even a Spanish group making a lot of noise, as always - Spaniards!! Indian army trekkers were also around, all suited up, and being very noisy and unrespectfull. The place was next to a village, so foreigners made the attention to kids from the village, always asking for something, standing next to you and asking the same questions: Where from, and name. I guess that was the only thing they knew how to say. Tryed to be as nice as I can be...
At 6:30, as every morning in the trek, we had coffee and tea ready, and after so much tea I had to go pee constantly. So that first night I had to get up in the middle ofthe night, to what our guide called a "little job". Once in action, it suddenly struck me the following question: What kind of animals roam around here? So all this big mammals appeared in my mind and I definately freaked out, finished my little job as quick as I could and went straight to my tent, as if in there I would be safer!!!
So the day went along walking and making pictures of magnificent views and wildlife and stopping at the village of lower ghuni to eat, ending up above upper Ghuni at 2400 m high. It had been a 3 to 4 hour trek day, so it had been just fine.
The second campsite was full of mules and cow bells sounding from every side of the area. It wasn't a pleasant campsite as the first day, as it was full of foreigners. Even a Spanish group making a lot of noise, as always - Spaniards!! Indian army trekkers were also around, all suited up, and being very noisy and unrespectfull. The place was next to a village, so foreigners made the attention to kids from the village, always asking for something, standing next to you and asking the same questions: Where from, and name. I guess that was the only thing they knew how to say. Tryed to be as nice as I can be...
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