Then you doze for another 2 trying to ignore the fact that you need to go to the loo but you are dreading to unzip the sleeping bag to waddle out into the cold to the toilet (hoping not to wake up everyone around you – the walls and doors...
So I kept pushing. Placed one foot after another for hours on end, everyday. At some point I was in such a daze, I did not even know for how long we had walked. Ben would speak to me about stuff he had talked with me the evening before and...
Ganesh, our guide, explained yesterday that we would have to start drinking between 3-4 litres per day which is a real challenge for me as I have always been someone not to drink enough – if I manage to drink 1l per day, I had a good day....
At this point, I was wondering like so many times in my life, what happened to common sense. Is it not obvious enough after reading countless of signs in guesthouses (and even on the back of restaurant menus) that water is a luxury in this country – yet alone hot...
I figured, if Nepali eat hearty food for breakfast, such as Noodle soups, I might be better off doing the same and in fact it proved to be the winning recipe for my energy levels and to minimise nausea whenever I felt unwell....
