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Annapurna Base Camp Trekking Budget

Annapurna Base Camp Trekking Budget

Ever since we finished the Annapurna Base Camp trek, I’ve been asked SEVERAL TIMES how much it costed us to reach the foot of the world’s tenth highest mountain. I think…

The Beauty of Life in Annapurna

The Beauty of Life in Annapurna

Realizations and life lessons learned while trekking for eight days in Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain in the world located in Nepal.

EBC Day 5: Deboche to Dingboche

The past night had been the coldest to date. If not for the sleeping bag that was provided to us by our trekking agency, Adventure Mountain Explore Treks (AME Treks),…

Mountaineering or Trekking?

During our trek to the base camp of Annapurna in September 2013, the members of our group The Himalayas Project learned that we have been using the term mountaineering the…

EBC Day 4: Namche Bazaar to Deboche

How lovely it was to wake up feeling all well! And as part of our daily morning routine during our trek to the Everest Base Camp (EBC), we packed our…

EBC Day 3: Acclimatization in Namche Bazaar

Waking up to clothes you wore the day before which absorbed all your sweat and whatnots, who wouldn’t enthusiastically jump out of their beds to change and freshen up themselves?…

EBC Day 2: Phakding to Namche Bazaar

When I woke up the next day, I no longer was feeling the headache that ruined my night in Phakding. I felt so much relief knowing that it wasn’t altitude mountain sickness or…