We left Pokhara at 8.30 and headed out of town, not as crazy
as Khathmandu but you still need to keep your wits about you. We headed on a
scenic road to Beni for lunch, the few km’s before Beni the road started to
break up, an indication of what lay ahead. The road after Beni was unmade, some
sections ok but rocks everywhere and some difficult rocky climbs and descents,
we did our first proper river crossing without incident thankfully. We finally
reached Tatopani and had a night there enjoying a bathe in the hot spring. The
next part from Tatopani to Marpha had me a bit worried, the roads were just
like a dried up river bed mainly, the Royal Enfields powered through but I’ll
need most of my body parts replaced after this (including my digestive system),
the suspension front and back isn’t made for these sections , to be honest i’m
baffled how they got through some of the stuff but they did. It’s hard to
describe the landscape and roads so i’ll let the pictures do that.
Today we are stuck in Marpha as there is no movement allowed
due to the elections, not much to do here except wander around. Our enforced
stay here today means a big day tomorrow from here to Muktinath then retrace
our steps to Tatopani on the same shit roads and now doing double the miles we
done yesterday which wasn’t part of the plan so i figure tomorrow will be a 12
hour shift riding these bikes on the equivalent of a dried up river bed.
The group are working well together and our tour leader is a
nice guy but i suspect tomorrow will challenge patience. As always pictures
tell a better story!
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| View from our hotel in Tatopani |
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| Mountain |
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| Hot spring |
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| Waterfall |
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| Posing for pictures |
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| Tea break |
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| The guys looking for a footrest that snapped off in this river crossing |
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| Teabreak (again) |
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| Yoga break |
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| Yak, yakkety yak don't come back |
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| Lunch (Curry again!!!!) |
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| Fi jumping for joy to reach Mustang |
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| Leaving Tansin |
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| River crossing |
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| Fi through saftely |
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| Fi getting air on the rocks |
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| Marpha |
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| Marpha |
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| Open water system |
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| The town |
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| Horse in the house |
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| Temple |
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| Fi ringing the bell |
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| Funny |
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| Nice |
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| Men with goats |
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| men with ox |
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| Men with horses |
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| Posing in front of the mountain |
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| Hills everywhere |
Stunning photo's scary roads .Dan
ReplyDeleteCheers Dan, scary indeed!
DeleteGreat photos as usual .enjoy the rest of you're trip and look forward to hearing all about it on you're return .keep safe xx the morans xx
ReplyDeleteCheers Sis, we will bore you, get the whisky in!
Deletewill a oarder a couple o' Enfields tae meet yis aff the plane when yis get hame?In spite o' fuel pump problem,thae seem tae be gettin' yi there....Scenery an' weather no too shabby...thanks fur great photies
ReplyDeleteGeordie
Naw, dinnae bother, Fi is having Enfield nightmares ha ha. Scenery braw and we seem to have managed to avoid the torrential rain, usually starts 5 minutes after we stop for the night!
DeleteWow what a fantastic adventure. The photos are fantastic. I look forward to seeing where you go next,
ReplyDeleteRide safe
Howard
Hi Howard, after this Benidorm for two weeks I think..........
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