You have to walk 6 straight days with a backpack on your back to reach the Annapurna Base Camp. This is tiresome but worth every inch of struggle. This is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
The Annapurna Base Camp is in an elevation of 4130 meters.
I reached Macchapuchare Base Camp Base (one stop before the Annapurna Base Camp) on a a beautiful day. It was sunny. The sky was so clear that, I could see the moon. It was so blue that, one could easily misunderstood with a paint of a painter can criticize him for painting such an unrealistic sky. I kept going in different directions to see this unbelievable beauty of natures and taking photos.
It was a panoramic views of the mountains. The mountains surrounded us was Annapurna South, Hiunchuli, Annapurna I, Annapurna III, Gangapurna and Machhapuchhare.
Don’t let the sunny weather fool you. It was cold, very very cold. For the last several days, I didn’t have my lunch – only breakfast followed by a dinner. I ordered everything I could find in the menu for the lunch (Just kidding, it was only a plate of pasta and onion soup). I tried to charge the battery of my camera and cellphone. It was of course not free.
On the next day, when I reached to Annapurna Base Camp, I was surrounded by several 7000 meters high mountains. The Annapurna is 8000 meters high and extremely dangerous. Only about 125 people could conquer it.
I kept roaming around and was fulfilling my senses to the utmost. Then, we ordered our breakfast. I never had the opportunity to having my breakfast surrounded by such magnificent backdrops. It was huge, peaceful, magnificent and breathtaking. I am pretty sure, who defined the word “breathtaking” came to such a place before defining it.
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Mesmerisingly beautiful Annapurna Mountain Range
Prayer flags amidst snowcapped mountains of Annapurna Mountains
