Mohare

On Thursday we hiked up to Mohare - about 1100 m up from Nangi.  The hike wasn't too bad - we were told that we went the longer, but not as steep, way.  Worked for me...  There were tons of leeches along the hike, though.  We tucked our pants into our socks (very fashionable) and had some salt with us, so it wasn't too bad.  Maybe only two or three bites total for the hike, which is pretty good considering that the kids counted a couple hundred leeches in about a 20 min stretch of hiking.

On the way up - we're smiling, so that's a good sign...

Once we made it up to Mohare, we stayed in a new lodge that they just built.  The lodge was really nice.  The weather was rainy and cold, though, so we just hung out in the rooms and played cards or Yahtzee.  They had a really beautiful dining hall (which I didn't take a picture of) that had a wood-burning stove in the middle. It was so cozy when that got going.

In the morning, the sky cleared for a few minutes, literally, and these are the views that we could see...  This one is Fishtail, which you can also see from Pokhara.

This one is called Nilgiri...

We went up to Mohare to see about putting a solar water heater in for the lodge next summer.  When we got up there, though, we realized that the nearest water source is about 250 m below Mohare - so the first thing will be to figure out how to get water up to Mohare.

I would love to be able to get back to Mohare when it is clear because the view when you can see all of the mountains must be amazing.