Wilderness week

We set off walking from Llukla to Jiri with our porter, Yadab, good thing Ham & Dave flew out that day as there were no more flights out 4 the next 5 days due 2 low cloud. Amazing going from freezing cold 2 tropical weather in a few days. Came across bananas and small nectarines and wild strawberries, bonus after 3 weeks without fruit. Not many other foreigners about, had the tea houses to ourselves. We walked up and down about 1000 metres everyday!! It was pretty relaxing, we r fit and took our time. Our porter was fantastic, a young 21 year old who has been with us for the whole time. Speaks English pretty well. When he asked us questions about nz or anything at all that  he was surprised about he would say " Ooh la la" we got that lots everyday. He liked 2 cook and often took over in the teahouse and made us the food how we liked it. One night a chook was being killed and he sooo wanted us to eat it but we went 2 bed b4 it was ready... Next day at lunchtime he tells us not to worry that we missed out, he had brought the fresh chicken leg with him 2 cook for us!! And he did. On our last day we walked with a couple of locals as well, they were off taking 30 kg of spuds 2 their sister. Along the way they all decided we should have some of the spuds 4 lunch so they stopped at this "bhatti" someone's basic abode. Yadab stoked up the fire cooked up a pot of spuds and some boiled eggs and made a salsa of mint, garlic, onion and of course chilli, to go with it. It was great, new potatoes! Quite an eye opener at this place. The roof, totally black from the fire, no chimneys in these places. Really dark inside, no windows. One place we stayed, (which was actually ok)  first we  spent half an hour getting rid of all the bugs cause the light had been left on and the window open, then got into bed and an enormous leech dropped down from the ceiling and landed on Trevor. Consequently I slept with a sheet over my head all night!! Monsoon type rain arrives every evening, pretty hot and humid. We got a minivan to Kathmandu yesterday, took 8 hrs 2 go 180 km, up and down and around mountain roads all day on narrow roads. But driver was pretty good. Relaxed today, off 2 Pokhara tomorrow. Seem 2 have lost my last few days photos which is annoying. probably to do with the unreliable power supply when charging ph. Trevor has heaps on his camera but need computer 2 download, will do sometime. Photo of porters carrying 14 plus bits of timber! they turn and walk sideways when track narrow. Some load them straight on their back and walk 4 days bent over.