Wow, what an amazing day today was. Full of adventure, thrill and best of all no more headaches! The decrease in altitude has me feeling great. More oxygen to breathe in and more energy to use trekking. Mike was feeling much better this morning, so we headed out, descending to a town called Phortse, which we had not been to yet due to a change in route on our descent to see more of this beautiful part of the world. With all of this new energy Ryan and I had, we ended up breaking off from Kelly and Mike and told them to meet us in Periche for lunch. So, Ryan and I decided to take a small detour and have a little adventure of our own and blaze a trail to Pariche across steep cliff sides, over many raging rivers that were freezing cold due to glacier runoff and through thick brush taller than the both of us. It was so much fun being off the trail and finding our way solely on our sense of direction and gut feelings. This is what trekking was all about for us. It was such a rush to know where our destination was, but to not have a map or directions to get us there. Definitely another highlight of the trip. Sort of seems like every day is a highlight, haha. After finally making it to Pariche and having some lunch, Mike, Kelly, Ryan and I continued trekking to Phortse. This new trail we had not experienced before took us high up on steep ridges, allowing us to get a completely different perspective on the entire valley we were trekking through. Around 2pm every day the clouds start to pass through, so all of the sudden a wave of white billowy clouds engulfed us and we were then hiking right through a giant cloud on this tiny little trail with a a steep drop off on our left that went straight down 500m to the raging glacier river below. It was awesome.
Amongst all of this beauty, Mike decided that he would stay an extra few days and enjoy our surroundings, so he stopped a few towns before us. This might be the last we see of him. At least on this trip anyways. I plan to meet up with him in Thailand where he lives in a month or so. So, we said our goodbyes and headed on through the clouds to Phortse. The town almost magically appeared through the clouds as we arrived. We were quite excited upon this sight due to our appetites that had grown very large during this 9 hour trek today. I cannot wait to eat a huge meal and pass out. It is hard to believe this trek is almost over. We plan on spending only two more day in this beautiful place.
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