15th – Lord of the Flies

This is becoming a luxurious trip – you know, apart from the high altitude and walking by ourselves. At 0630 we were woken up with cups of tea, at 0700 we were given hot water for washing and at 0730 breakfast was served. At a bit past 0800 everything was packed and we were ready to depart. The staff packed the camp and followed later with everything loaded on the horses.

The day’s walk was relatively short – only 2-3 hours – but we ascended up to Rumbak at 3750m. The walk itself wasn’t too hard, but with several water crossings with only the occasional bridge there was plenty of chances to get wet feet.

Arriving at Rumbak we had our lunch break before having a 3 hour acclimatization walk up to 4100m.

Apart from that we had another relaxing afternoon.

While the camp is nicely located, we are seeing quite a large population of flies. I had thought/hoped that bugs wouldn’t have been an issue at this altitude, but it seems as if we have to cope with them some more yet. Either that or we are already more rank than we are aware of.

The acclimatization walk to the one house village.

Location of our camp.