December 28th, 2005

Gosainkund Trek

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Nepal folk song Resham Phiriri and more music on each day! You can also enter my Music Photo Album!

8-day Gosainkund Trek at the Langtang National Park in Nepal from 18 to 25 November 2005…

View my photo stories with sounds recorded enroute too!

Day 1: Bus travel from Kathmandu to Dhunche
A nearly 9-hour bus ride from Kathmandu to Dhunche…

Day 2: Dhunche to Shin Gompa
A 7-hour hike mainly uphill for over 1200m, quite steep…

Day 3: Rest day at Sing Gompa
Spectacular mountain view just 300m above our Red Panda Lodge! Best food served here too…

Day 4:Sing Gompa to Gosainkund
8-hour hike. We are 360 degree surrounded by snowy Himalayan ranges at Lauribina!

Day 5: Gosainkund to Phedi
7-hour hike, gorgeous lakes at start, then trekking on snow for over 5 hrs…

Day 6: Phedi to Kutumsang 11-hour hike. I feel like rolling down hill with a drop of over 1000m in the last 3 hrs…

Day 7: Kutumsang to Chisapani
9-hour hike with very painful knees esp. during the 3 steep drops downhill…

Day 8: Chisapani to Sundarijal
6-hour hike mainly downhill, very easy relatively… mostly trek in the woods…

Future Village
4-day visit to a friend’s Future Village project in Dhading, 100km north of Kathmandu.

Trekking Map

Click to see my Google interactive trekking map!

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  1. Mei says:

    Great travelog! I really like the music-only version of Resham Phiriri that you posted here. Can you possibly email me the song? I did ABC trek last Oct. Really miss Nepal and the friendly Nepalis….

    Thanks a lot.

    Mei

    February 8th, 2006 at 11:42 am

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