Day4: Syabru
Setting off from Dhunche, we had to descend to river level before climbing up a vertical cliff some 800ft. high to reach the Syabru track on the opposite mountain. It would be a tough haul and the inclement weather did nothing to help.Though I was the last one up, with great effort, I finally crested the top of the cliff. After a brief respite and the rains abated, we trekked on to Syabru village at 7500ft.
Setting off from Dhunche, we had to descend to river level before climbing up a vertical cliff some 800ft. high to reach the Syabru track on the opposite mountain. It would be a tough haul and the inclement weather did nothing to help.Though I was the last one up, with great effort, I finally crested the top of the cliff. After a brief respite and the rains abated, we trekked on to Syabru village at 7500ft.
Syabru Campsite at 7500ft. Its a rather busy spot with trekkers converging from different nationalities - Canadian, French, Polish, American, German and Iceland. We camped in front of the Langtang Himal Hotel
The Langtang Himal Hotel is a stone and wooden hut. It offers sleeping accommodation on wooden floor boards where trekkers could unroll their sleeping bags. Nonetheless it is a sweet little cottage with carved latticed windows sporting flower boxes. Inside this humble little abode are handsome wooden cabinets, chest and cupboards, all elaborately carved. The lookout from the windows on to the mountains more than made up for the discomfort, if any.
Langtang Himal HotelChongong Campsite at 9,000ft. We pitched our tents among the rocks and low drifting clouds, in front of the Lama hotel. Nearby there is a sort of pond which we treated as some kind of swimming pool and had our first full cleansing after 5 days on the trek.
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