Our trek

each day was similar. shall do up the routine stuff here so i can go into more interesting stuff with photos (once i obtain them) in subsequent postings...

6am - wakie, brush teeth and get changed to trekking gear
usu takes me a long time to wear my boots. PTI says part of his routine is that he will waterproof his boots by putting on plastic bags on his feet before he wears his boots. to prevent leech too.

6 plus am - order breakfast and do packing
and i do some stretching exercise while waiting for breakfast or after breakfast. egwin/kenny couple and daisy will say their prayers.

7am - breakfast
the Kenny/Egwin couple usu orders egg fried rice. subsequently, when we had more varieties of food, egwin will eat lotsa jam and honey while his partner will eat watever that's leftover. PTI who doesn't really eat a lot, will have his 3-in-1 tea sachet and Daisy will have her supplements after her breakfast. our meals are usu shared so we been tasting each other's saliva as well.

7plus am - after breakfast
finish our pack up, refill waterbottles (ensuring we have hot water) and porters will do the tying up of all our bags and start carrying our bags to our next destination.

8plus am- photo taking time!
we have our daily day photo before we set off. we will display the no of days with our fingers.
after photo, we set off... and it's usu uphill...

12noon - reach destination
we will all be tired and resting while we wait for lunch.

when food arrives, it's usu finished in very quick time and we'll be putting on our jackets when the sweat makes us cold. the porters eat separately from us.

1plus pm - set off again with jackets on
we'll then be taking it off when we are warmed up after 15 minutes. egwin can take off his clothes without stopping his steps. daisy and i usu stop while we keep our jackets. PTI doesn't take off his jacket - guess he's always cold. Kenny, hm... think he doesnt wear jacket when he treks... he's too in front of me for me to see...

4plus pm - reach teahouse!
our rest place for the nite. we'll take turns to shower. we had cold showers for first half of our trek. subsequently, after Daisy prayed for hot showers and we had it at Bamboo lodge, we had hot showers rest of the trek... except when once, daisy was last to shower and she had not so hot water to shower... hehe.

5plus pm - before dinner
unpack, write diary, rest and chat, order dinner. the couple will sing hymms separate from us. we'll also decide what and how to dry wet clothes and towel. egwin came up with ingenious way to dry our clothes with our body temperature. put them under the sleeping bag or in the sleeping bag if they aren't that wet. it works! daisy and PTI frequents the fireplace to dry their stuff, boots la, towels la and clothes. PTI's clothes had soot prints on it once! haha.

6pm - dinner
we have similar menu during the 18 days of trek. but not bad, we had banana pie first few days and spaghetti/pizza towards the last few days. And without fail, there's always potato in different forms - mashed, boiled or fried.

6plus pm - finish dinner
Kenny suggested we brush our teeth before playing cards during later part of our trek. so once at ghorepani, we brushed our teeth together. we caused a ruckus in the neighbourhood.

7 pm or earlier - Chor Tai Tee
chor tai tee was our fav hobby during the trek. Kenny sometimes provide nite time entertainment when he's into the mood. he's also our common enemy at Chor Tai Tee when he was undefeated on our first nite. we polished our skills and he now doesn't win all the time. haha.

9pm - bedtime
we'll go visit the toilet before going to bed. we'll also rem where we placed our torch light before we sleep so that we can find it sld we need it in the middle of the nite. kenny sleeps easily and usu snores within minutes of getting into bed. Egwin who usu sleeps next to kenny will kick him so he will stop snoring. PTI says he usu has hard time getting to sleep. Guess my room with Daisy is the least eventful, we sleep soundly.