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The potatos, cabbages, marigolds, mustard, etc., growing on the terraced hillsides were beautiful.

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Manager, cook and coordinator with his wife and daughter in our hotel kitchen at Chisopani.

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Our hotel in Chisopani. My room was on the 4th floor.

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Millet wine in the making process.

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A beautiful view from here.

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The views were spectacular from the 6500 ft to 7000 ft elevations. All of those snow capped peaks are above 19000 feet! Some are over 21000 feet.

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These were porters from another group of trekers. I actually saw these guys running down some hills with their loads! I couldn't even begin to keep up with them.

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My guide was a true Sherpa. His name is Dawa Sherpa, and he has been guiding since he was about 12 years old.  I never saw him huff and puff once!

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The first day we climbed about a 1/2 mile of steps going to our first place of lodging. We entered this National Park and Refuge on the way.

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I took a short trek through the "foothills" of the Himalayas. The maximum altitude was about 7200 feet, but we had to go up and down over, so many ridges. My guide and I stayed in the local "hotels" along the way. Overall we covered about 24 miles. We went through many villages which grow their food locally, in terraced farms.  The hillsides were so steep that the terraced garden plots had cut banks often 6 and 8 feet high.  Here are some photos of the scenery.