22 December 2015 - the problem with historic and quaint hotels is that they lack modern amenities - in the case of Guan Ghar that was heating ! With the night time temperature touching zero degrees Celsius we did atleast have an electric blanket and two hot water bags (bottles). Getting up for breakfast at 0830 was a struggle although once we let it run the water did get hot enough for a quick shower !
Breakfast was open air on a patio at the back of the hotel which in the sun would be great less so in the morning chill but breakfast was hearty !
We had decided that we would take a 5 hour hike over the hills to the Newari village of Romtok and with many layers we headed to over the road to Sammy Baji collected out packed lunch and headed off !
The hike itself was not too strenuous as it climbed and fell through the mountainside woodland, past a couple of farms and finally some 3 hours later into the mountain village of Romtok. As we approached the village we came across 3 women who were collecting building stones from a pile by the side of the path. Stuart felt this was a good time to experiment with our new Polaroid instant camera ! After much sign language as how do you explain that after a minute a print will appear.
The thing that strikes you immediately is that the inhabitants are mainly children of school age or younger, women and older people - the men are away working in the city or Army (this is the Gorka region and so is the recruiting area).
The village itself was very traditional with small houses, goats and cows, chickens and very friendly people - despite the number of tourists that undoubtably passing through. We were a great hit with our instant Polaroid camera
Breakfast was open air on a patio at the back of the hotel which in the sun would be great less so in the morning chill but breakfast was hearty !
We had decided that we would take a 5 hour hike over the hills to the Newari village of Romtok and with many layers we headed to over the road to Sammy Baji collected out packed lunch and headed off !
The hike itself was not too strenuous as it climbed and fell through the mountainside woodland, past a couple of farms and finally some 3 hours later into the mountain village of Romtok. As we approached the village we came across 3 women who were collecting building stones from a pile by the side of the path. Stuart felt this was a good time to experiment with our new Polaroid instant camera ! After much sign language as how do you explain that after a minute a print will appear.
The thing that strikes you immediately is that the inhabitants are mainly children of school age or younger, women and older people - the men are away working in the city or Army (this is the Gorka region and so is the recruiting area).
The village itself was very traditional with small houses, goats and cows, chickens and very friendly people - despite the number of tourists that undoubtably passing through. We were a great hit with our instant Polaroid camera