Ghami to Samar

After the long trip of the day before, some of us were so exhausted that we decided to take a jeep instead of doing another 1,5 day trek in one. While the the others left for the Ghami La, we and Krishna stayed back to find a jeep. He tried to reach the jeep owners by phone and we waited on the road outside the lodge. After nearly an hour, we heard a jeep on the other side of the valley coming down the alongside the mani wall. 

One of the eight jeeps in Upper Mustang - photo by S. Klein

It took another 20-30 minutes before the jeep to pass at our place and we felt like highwaymen stopping it. As it was already more than crowded we could arrange for the driver to come back and pick us up at noon. 

Lodge in Ghami - photo by S. Klein

So we sat in the garden, repacking our day packs, writing our travelogues, drinking tea and waiting. We also arranged for lunch at Syangboche and had the guesthouse cook Thenduk - a local soup with handmade noodles. 

Syangboche - our lunch place

The jeep ride was an adventure of its own as the road was nearly not existing and definitely not paved. We also stopped at Syangboche for lunch but the others had already left. Short before the Bhena tea house we caught up with them but then had to leave the jeep as the road was interrupted. 

on the way - photo by S. Klein

We had tea all together and then walked the last 30-45 minutes to Samar. 

Lodge in Samar

This time, we got a rather tiny room - just big enough for two beds and some little space to stand in between. 

our room

In the evening, we sat in the dining hall to talk, to enjoy dinner and to inhale steam with essential oil to clear our noses and lungs. Nonetheless, we heard the people in the rooms left and right cough and snore through the paper thin walls.  

 inside the lodge

from the lodge roof