After arriving in Kathmandu, our group met at the hotel enjoying the craziness of the city with dust, dirt and diesel. Only one day to enjoy a Himalayan Java coffee, a walk through Thamel, we weighed bags, and boarded the bus to Dhunche. The roads were still wrecked from the monsoons, which had only quit a week or so before. They were the worst I've seen in the 4 treks I have done into the Langtang. We had to leave the bus several times to allow clearance for the undercarriage from rocks as well as allow the driver to take a run at a couple of hills. A few looks out the window down the steep hills was enough to convince us to walk a ways.
The trails were not so busy early on, but toward the end of trekking, there were noticeably more French, Israeli, British and European trekkers on the trail. Walking through bamboo forests, along the Langtang Khola, we made our way to the Langtang National Park.
Our wonderful porters were the best - friendly, strong, helpful and a huge support to our trek in addition to Gyanu, our guide. The hospitality in all the tea houses was amazing, wonderful foods - Tibetan breads, dal bhat every lunch, Sherpa stews, soups, muesli and hot milk, dudh cha (milk tea), lemon tea, etc. We were well fed.
Some views of this year's Langtang trek..
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