We started out from Marpha, waved goodbye to Paul and Brona as they drove past in their jeep and walked down the valley. Originally we had planned to take a jeep from Jomsom or Marpha to Tatopani and then trek up to the Annapurna Sanctuary, but as we made such good time before the pass we now had time to walk the whole thing.
At the end of this day I wondered if NP and I were bad influences for each other... we ended up walking all the way to Tatopani, about 26miles or just over 40km. We stopped for lunch where we originally had said we were headed, Kalopani and felt good so kept going. By the time we were tired and ready to call it a day we were only a couple hours walk from Tatopani, which means "hot water", named because of a hot springs, so that sounded nice and we kept going. We arrived in Tatopani after about 8 hours of walking with sore feet and very tired! NP and I each had one small blister on our feet. NP said he'd never made it from Marpha to Tatopani on one day on foot. Usually they do it in two or three days, so we were both proud of our accomplishment, and Paul and Brona, as well as their guide were all surprised to see us show up on foot!
I went to bed hoping for a shorter day tomorrow!
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