Tri-ing Life and More

Day 2 started off much cooler and much earlier, but was a beautiful and short day. Every morning the crew knocks on your tent at wakeup time (6am this morning) and provide two bowls of steaming hot water for washing. I loved the steaming hot water given the temperatures outside were normally cold and the water felt wonderful. It was also the only way to get all the dirt off of your hands (although we lost the bar of soap after this morning).  Then breakfast is supposed to start 30 minutes later and we were supposed to be on the hike an hour after waking up. This never happened. Breakfast was always a little late and my group wasn't a prompt, fast moving group. We normally started the hike about 30min to an hour after we were supposed to. Anyway, breakfast this morning included porridge, toast, omelets, and hot dogs (almost like sausages). I always enjoyed my meals as I was always hungry. Also tea was the perfect way to wake up and warm up. As we ate breakfast, the porters...

Yes I am dividing the trip up by day, not because my descriptions will be long, but because I have so many fun pictures I might as well show them off here. This hike was so beautiful that you couldn't help but take lots of pictures because everywhere you looked was beautiful. On that note...on to day 1! Before getting on the bus to head to the start, there are a few things you need to do: Breakfast at the buffet, have your hiking and porter bags packed and ready to go, store your other bag in the storage room, and check-out (they write everything you buy down by the current room you are in so you check out every time you leave the hotel). All of this needed to be done by 8:30, which wasn't too bad. The hotel is semi crazy in the morning because all of the tours are leaving at the same time and it seemed like there were a lot of them. People are grabbing bags and throwing them on the roof of the bus and you are just praying your bag ended up on the right bus (or it will be an...