Anne and Ella's Excellent Adventure: Dhampus and our last night on the trek

We are in Dhampus - the end of the trek! Tomorrow we are walking out to Phedi where we are supposed to catch a local bus to Pokhara and the Hotel Meera. We are really looking forward to our 3 nights there and a break from walking 13 km a day. Our bodies are tired, we have almost run out of toilet paper and our clothes really stink.
We are relaxing in the garden of the Hotel Anu, the rain has started as per usual and we are socked in by clouds. But the sky should clear by evening and the morning views are always spectacular. Today we saw Dhaliguari for the first time. Wow it is really pouring now. So glad we are here and not out on the trails. We walked through many hours of rain soaked trails and it was very treacherous! Here are a few pictures of the people and ponies on the trail - including our Gurung guide Bakaji (33) and our porter Lal (also 33 and a friend of Bakaji's from the Everest region). Anne posted some really great photos of other folks we met on the trail - check them out on her Instagram account: bernerface
We had Momo's (dumplings) and veggie curry today for lunch and our looking forward to tomato onion pizza tonight. We were surviving on a steady diet of egg vegetable noodle soup when we were higher up and needed something warm and with some protein as nothing with any legs was permitted in the Sanctuary. We have also become quite fond of Masala tea which is a Chai type of tea with milk.