Trekking

Last weekend a group of 2 couples and 2 families went on a very easy trek. We walked for a few hours on the first day and reached our destination, Australia camp. The accomodation had a great big lawn to throw a frisbee around on as well as unlimited tea being made so we could play cards, chat and just be lazy!!

 
At the altitude of the camp there were leeches!!! They are incredible creatures. I thought they would be like a worm but no, they stand up, lunge forward and then arch their back and bring their tail to their head, stand up..... They are very crafty, they can get in your boots and take a feed without knowing they are on you - you can only tell from the blood and a slight itch afterwards. The kids thought they were great and spent a lot of time collecting them and trying to get them to eat each other. However, it was Mark who got the most bites - 5!!!

The next day we dropped away from the leeches quickly and proceeded to drop 1000m down stone steps and caught a bus back to Pokhara. For us it was easy but a great weekend away with the other expats.