We awoke on day 2 in Ulleri to a wonderful, miraculous clearing of the monsoon rain clouds in front of the nearby Himalayas visible through the gorge, and, as the sun rose, the clouds behind the mountains cleared out as well to give a truly glorious view of the snow capped Annapurna South and Himchuli.
View of Annapurna South (left) and Himchuli from our tea house on the morning of the second day
View south down the valley toward the way we came, also from our tea house
We had ascended 3,110 ft on day 1 from Nayapul to Ulleri. Our trek this second day would take us to Ghorepani, an ascent of another 2,750 ft. Here's a map of our trek.
Our trek route: Nayapul-Ghorepani-Poon Hill - Ghandruk - Nayapul. Elevation in meters
We walked up to Ghorepani over the course of 5 hours or so, and Bryan had his first of two leech encounters. That's the down side of trekking in monsoon season. One of the upsides is that the waterfalls are amazing!
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