Oct-29 Jomsom to Marpha. Annapurna circuit, Nepal.
My flight was cancelled, I waited 6 hours in the vain hope that the plane
would leave, but it wasn't to be. The wind was too strong and in the wrong
direction. Kshitiz and Anish had already left so I'm on my own. Luckily I was
warned about the frequent cancellations due to weather, so I had a day built
in. It was possible to get a vehicle back but I elected to chance it on a
flight tomorrow.
Jaded I walked back to the hotel and booked another night. I went for
stroll in town and I met with Christof. We decided to walk to Marpha to kill
time, Jomsom is not a very exciting place to hang around. Marpha is an
interesting town and a much prettier one than Jomsom. We enjoyed our time
there, tasted the local apple cider, cheers !
Marpha is a pleasing town to look at, perhaps the prettiest on the whole
circuit.
The spirits were looking after the village with a monastry perched high up on
the mountainside overlooking the city of Marpha.
The walk up to the old monastery is on a somewhat precarious track. One big
rainstorm and I reckon it will all be gone - but it has not happened yet after
so many hundred years.
Inside the monastry are religious works of an age spanning hundreds of years.
On the way back to Jomsom I popped my head in to a milling shop. There is
something age old and nostalgic about stone grinding. All the rage in the
western world. Not a novel approach here.
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