Kausani to Wan 10/20/08

We had to leave our comfortable and warm beds to drive to Wan. The views of the mountains in the morning were spectacular since the clouds had cleared during the night. Fiona kept exhorting us to drink as much water as possible to be ready for the altitude that was coming.

Our driver took off down the 'road'. We saw tea terraces and trees that were scarred for gum harvesting.

At Lohojang (sp?) we moved to jeeps. Our jeep picked up everyone on the way and we kept getting just a little more cozy.

At Wan we got out and geared up to go to the tents and lunch. We made it to where lunch was supposed to be, in the rain, but found no tents. So we had some dal while Fiona and Bsim tried to figure out what happened. In the meantime a very smiley fellow appeared to tell us he was our 'horse member'. Eighth grade joking aside we were happy to see him because he knew where the tents were. Up!

In the waning light we walked to the ridgeline where our tents were set up waiting patiently for us. This is the first night that I found out the latrines were going to be a moving obstacle course. This night they were on the down side of the ridge line. One wrong move and it would have been a straight shot to the river far below. I actually had an easier time getting to them in the dark with my headlamp than I did the next morning with daylight. Go figure!

Kausani to Wan