YuShan
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Sorry for the offtopic 
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To compensate, here are a few pictures of my Langtang (solo) hike in 2013.
First you need to get to Syabrubesi with this bus. A 10 hour drive on a terrible road. We lost an hour because the bus needed to make an emergency stop and a bunch of people fell from the roof. One guy was badly hurt, so they needed to find a doctor for him first. He eventually went back on the bus, concussioned.
The hike starts in the village of Syabrubesi. Tons of birds everywhere.
Langtang village in 2013. Unfortunately it got completely buried in a landslide during the 2015 earthquake. This picture was taken on the way back, when the weather was nice.
But on the way in when I arrived, a big storm came in. Look at the water coming down from the mountains. Better sit out the storm.
I spent 2 nights in this small lodge in Langtang village (basically this family's house) to sit out the storm, and talking most of the time with this nice family and a few other hikers who were also sheltering here. There's just one stove to keep us all warm. It was a public holiday (Diwali) so the children were not in their Kathmandu school as usual. They were so nice. It's awful to realise that some (or perhaps all) of this family have likely died in the 2015 landslide.
Kyanjin Gompa village. Fantastic to spend a few days here with many hiking and birding possibilities nearby.
Superb location
Autumn colours around Kyanjin Gompa in October.
View from the summit of Kyanjin Ri (4773m), a nice day hike from Kyanjin Gompa
Another short day hike from Kyanjin Gompa to Langtang Lirung Basecamp. Kyanjin Gompa can be seen in the distance.
It's so beautiful here
Further into the valley past Kyanjin Gompa. I saw an Ibisbill near here.
Taking the bus back to Kathmandu after the hike, here the road out of Syabrubesi. It got damaged during the storm a few days earlier and at some point everybody needed to step out and pass one stretch of the road on foot, to reduce the risk that everybody would die should the bus slide down.
I enjoyed this hike so much that I was really sad when it was over. That's why In decided to come back to Nepal 4 months later to do a much longer hike (the one in my earlier post)
.To compensate, here are a few pictures of my Langtang (solo) hike in 2013.
First you need to get to Syabrubesi with this bus. A 10 hour drive on a terrible road. We lost an hour because the bus needed to make an emergency stop and a bunch of people fell from the roof. One guy was badly hurt, so they needed to find a doctor for him first. He eventually went back on the bus, concussioned.
The hike starts in the village of Syabrubesi. Tons of birds everywhere.
Langtang village in 2013. Unfortunately it got completely buried in a landslide during the 2015 earthquake. This picture was taken on the way back, when the weather was nice.
But on the way in when I arrived, a big storm came in. Look at the water coming down from the mountains. Better sit out the storm.
I spent 2 nights in this small lodge in Langtang village (basically this family's house) to sit out the storm, and talking most of the time with this nice family and a few other hikers who were also sheltering here. There's just one stove to keep us all warm. It was a public holiday (Diwali) so the children were not in their Kathmandu school as usual. They were so nice. It's awful to realise that some (or perhaps all) of this family have likely died in the 2015 landslide.
Kyanjin Gompa village. Fantastic to spend a few days here with many hiking and birding possibilities nearby.
Superb location
Autumn colours around Kyanjin Gompa in October.
View from the summit of Kyanjin Ri (4773m), a nice day hike from Kyanjin Gompa
Another short day hike from Kyanjin Gompa to Langtang Lirung Basecamp. Kyanjin Gompa can be seen in the distance.
It's so beautiful here
Further into the valley past Kyanjin Gompa. I saw an Ibisbill near here.
Taking the bus back to Kathmandu after the hike, here the road out of Syabrubesi. It got damaged during the storm a few days earlier and at some point everybody needed to step out and pass one stretch of the road on foot, to reduce the risk that everybody would die should the bus slide down.
I enjoyed this hike so much that I was really sad when it was over. That's why In decided to come back to Nepal 4 months later to do a much longer hike (the one in my earlier post)
