Our route was counterclockwise over the Thorung-La pass. From Tatopani Myles and devin went to Pokhera, and I went to Annapurna basecamp
We started in Besisahar, where we got into the back of a Tata army truck filled with bags of rice, and got driven to Chame in about 6 hours. From Chame (2710m) to Upper pisang (3310m) was a day, then upper pisang to Ngawal (3680m), where we stayed for a rest and acclimatization day and visited Padma-Sambhavas' Cave, which we were told is the most extensive cave in Nepal. From there we went to Manang (3540m) where most people acclimatize, then Letdar (4200m), then high camp at 4850m, then did the Thorung-la pass (5416m) to Muktinath (3800m) where we stayed a rest day before getting a jeep to Jomson.
Jomson has an airport and an army base, and food is almost normal prices again. We had the thickest local wheat beer, thick and white like flour, hand squeezed from the grains right as we ordered at our hotel.
From Jomson to Tatopani (Tatopani means hot water in Nepali) took 3 days, stopping in 2 small towns filled with cannabis. We slept the second night in a tent surrounded by plants just starting to flower. On the way down to Tatopani we tried our hands at rubbing, quite successfully.
In Tatopani we spent 2 days before devin, and Myles
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