Rain, friends and fireballs!

We'd planned to leave Braga early the next morning so we could make it to Thorong Phedi... but awoke to continued rain. It had been raining most of the night. So, back to bed I went and didn't get up for a couple more hours, ended up leaving Braga around 10am.

That morning we caught up to and then hiked with an American couple from Gunsang to Yak Kharka. NP visited with their guide and I talked with Jeremy and Julianne. They were from the West Coast and on their way to work in Hong Kong for a while.

In Yak Kharka we stopped for lunch and caught up with the six guys from Braga. Ate and visited with them. They had come up from Manang that morning and were planning to stay there. NP and I decided to keep going and see where we could get to that afternoon. Bid the international crew farewell, and off we went. Our decision was made easy as it started to snow just before we reached Letdar, so that was where we stayed! It was a nice quiet little guest house with fantastic views later that night when it cleared. The snow covered mountains under full moon-light were spectacular! It was just a father and son running the guest house. We all sat around the small stove and visited... well they visited and I mostly listened and observed. I picked up a few words I knew... unfortunately those are numbers so all I knew is they were discussing prices of 250-300 rupees... not terribly informative. While we were all huddled around the stove the wind caught and blew down the chimney... with a WHOOSH! flames followed by smoke shot out the front of the stove and we all had a good jump away from the "explosion"! We all looked around at each other and cracked up! This proceeded to happen several more times throughout the evening, each time surprising us, and each time we all had a good laugh at our reactions!