6 April: Thamo to Thame

Same routine awaits us wake up, make sure bags packed for porter, eat breakfast, trek, drink tea, trek, eat lunch, trek, eat dinner and sleep! Also time to say goodbye to 3 people who will be going on to trek to Island Peak.  We are now heading to Thamo for lunch.  This trek you can feel is off the beaten track and we only see local people or yaks.  They are busy carrying their loads from old TVs to boxes of Everest Water, you name it they can carry it!  Yaks loaded up (a lot with red flags = watch out).  Partha narrowily misses being  horned by a Yak...hairy moment for him!  Potato farming by the whole family.  We walk past schools sponsored by great mountaineers of the past and spotted a second lamp post!  The trek then starts becoming more challenging and the paths are dusty, narrow and a continuous uphill and then downhill treks  even if mostly flat.

From Thamo we head to Thame.  On the way the group starts separating as everyone treks at their own pace.  This leads to Partha and me trekking on our own and then taking the wrong path and almost going  in a full circle back to Thamo!  Not a pleasant moment to see the others trekking on the other side of the hills!!  Slight panic sets in but luckily a mother and her young child show us the right direction and we meet up again at the lodge.  Exhausting long day.