Mohare

After spending a few days in Nangi, we did the 5.5 hr, 1100 m elevation change hike up to Mohare. I didn't remember the hike being too tough, but I'm getting old, and this year it felt much harder :-)

Mohare is on a ridge at 3300 m elevation, and when the sky is clear, there are amazing views of mountains - Fishtail, Annapurna South, Annapurna I, Dhaulagiri, and others - at least 2 of the top ten tallest mountains in the world. Here's the view in one direction...

And the view in another direction...

In Mohare, they crossbreed cows and yaks. The result is a dzo. We had fresh dzo milk for breakfast a few times -yum! I think that this one is a yak..

I think this is a mom and baby dzo...

Mohare has a lodge that can sleep 20 people and a cozy eating area. It is part of a hiking trail that goes thru Nangi, too. So the money that is raised from the hikers is used for the school in Nangi. Here's a picture of a room in the lodge:

And here is what the eating area looks like. There is a wood burning stove in the middle, and so it is really warm and comfortable, especially when it is cold and rainy outside.

The outside of the dining building...

Here is a view of the lodge from up by the eating area...

These are some of the guys who we worked with:

While we were in Mohare, we worked on 2 projects... The first was for a water collection system and the second was for a composting toilet. Both of these were important because there isn't a water source at Mohare.