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It was an early start, there were quite a few trekkers at the tea house, most were heading down, but some where going to take their chances going higher. Khem and Sujan did quite a bit of research and asking around about the pass, everything came back negative, the locals said that it would be at least a week before the pass is opened.
We had lunch at Dhara Pani and found out we would have to purchase another trekking permit for the other side of the Annapurna Circuit once we left the area. A new permit is 2000 Nepalese Rupees (27 USD), not too much but when you pay 10 Rupees for tea and around 75 for breakfast, it's quite a bit more.
We walked and walked, stopped and had tea, then walked some more. We stopped to have tea around 5:40 and then decided that we needed to push on to Chamche, another two hours down the trail. We'd be walking in darkness and it was already a long day, but we pushed on anyway. We hoped to make it out to Syange tomorrow and take the jeep the rest of the way out, making up tons of time in the process. If everything worked out well we would be in Pokara much sooner and be well on our way to Muktinath on the other side of the circuit.
It was an amazingly clear night. We lit our way with headlamps, the trail was difficult and the darkness made it that much more ominous. Finally, we made it in to the place where we had a rain soaked dhal bhat on the first wet and chilly day. We were very excited when we arrived, we agreed that it was a memorable experience, guh-zup-chaa! (excellent in Nepali). I ended up getting a cheese pizza for dinner, just for the heck of it, but once everything came out I realized that I should have got the curry instead. It was worth the experience though. We had some jar to drink with scrambled egg in it.
The shower was another experience, the solar heated water had run out so I made it a quick one. As I was putting my clothes back on my watch read 45 degrees, sleep is going to be good tonight!
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