Friday, October 20, 2006
10 October, 2006
We woke up to the fresh air and the beautiful lake and chef Goolam was cooking up some omelettes and French toast. The air was not warm and there were a few clouds lurking around. The weather was not looking prosperous and we got our rain jackets out – just in case. We walked to another lake and it was very pretty. The mountains around were covered with glaciers and there were plenty of trout in the lakes. Guess what we had for dinner? We spent the day with Showkut and a gypsy/horseman fishing along the rivers and streams. Every so often we would stop and try and fish. Rich was not very successful but I eventually caught a small trout and made sure that the horseman quickly released it back into the water. We bolder-hopped for a few hours and finally made our way back to the next campsite. The weather turned for the better and by the time we got to our next base it was clear skies. We had descended a bit and were feeling much better. However, we were so tired and I think we got to bed at 19h30. Before we got to bed we had an amazing dinner of fresh caught fish and chips. The gypsies caught loads of trout during the day. In our tent we had a kerosene lamp since it was impossible to use our tiny borrowed torch, and before we knew it there was a thick haze covering the tent. We realized that the lamp had almost gassed us and it absolutely stunk. We zipped the tent wide open and got rid of the lamp quickly. It was much warmer but I was sleeping in a ditch on a 35 degree slope so it was not a good night’s sleep either.
We woke up to the fresh air and the beautiful lake and chef Goolam was cooking up some omelettes and French toast. The air was not warm and there were a few clouds lurking around. The weather was not looking prosperous and we got our rain jackets out – just in case. We walked to another lake and it was very pretty. The mountains around were covered with glaciers and there were plenty of trout in the lakes. Guess what we had for dinner? We spent the day with Showkut and a gypsy/horseman fishing along the rivers and streams. Every so often we would stop and try and fish. Rich was not very successful but I eventually caught a small trout and made sure that the horseman quickly released it back into the water. We bolder-hopped for a few hours and finally made our way back to the next campsite. The weather turned for the better and by the time we got to our next base it was clear skies. We had descended a bit and were feeling much better. However, we were so tired and I think we got to bed at 19h30. Before we got to bed we had an amazing dinner of fresh caught fish and chips. The gypsies caught loads of trout during the day. In our tent we had a kerosene lamp since it was impossible to use our tiny borrowed torch, and before we knew it there was a thick haze covering the tent. We realized that the lamp had almost gassed us and it absolutely stunk. We zipped the tent wide open and got rid of the lamp quickly. It was much warmer but I was sleeping in a ditch on a 35 degree slope so it was not a good night’s sleep either.
# posted by Heidi & Richard's travels @ 7:22 AM 
