The stone towers stood out again the blue sky and were dotted with particularly stubborn trees clinging to the slope. We walked with our eyes turned to the heavens, necks bent back awestruck with the grand wonders of nature. Until we saw the mini train. Gosh, just when you think you have seen every way one could draw in those on break like moths to a lamp........ The trains would pass every two minutes or so, insisting on blaring their horns whenever they did so. We spent the day on remote trails which most tours weren’t up to tackle, and the views were dizzying. There were lots and lots and lots of stone steps but we consider this training for our upcoming trek in Nepal rather than torture. The day was great, we got good weather, excercise, trails and visibility. On the way to a bus stop we even got to know some local monkeys who appeared out of thin air when we opened up some snacks. They followed behind us for a bit, hoping for some nibbles.
The next day was rainy so we spent it studying, but we wanted to take advantage of our multiple day pass so we returned the day after dispite the clouds and showers. Deciding to learn from our mistakes of the first day we went later in the day and took a different route to hike which led us along the floor of the valley alongside a nice brook. We strolled along that for a while before tackling a trail that took us practically straight up a karst until we got to a crowded bit of trails completely over run with bus tours. The views were nice but the megaphones were deafening and it was more than we could stand before retreating to some steeper and quieter corners of the park. That’s more our style anyway.
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that monkey looks kinda familiar.....
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