Looking at some pictures of our recent Annapurna trek, you’d believe that we were going off the beaten path up there, breaking new ground and exploring virgin territory.
Not so. In fact, we just learned that the Annapurna trails were visited by almost 77,000 people in 2009 alone. That’s 1,000 times the population of my home town. The numbers have almost doubled since the dark days of the insurgency in 2005. So while this is good news for Nepal, which is in dire need of tourism revenue, it also means that there’s a lot of pressure on the trails.
Let’s hope that the Conservation Project manages to keep up with the increase. It is truly a magical place.
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You know the term, “fly by the seat of your pants?” Well, that's been our philosophy for most of our adult lives – before and after meeting, falling in love and marrying. We're now taking that idea on a 14 month round-the-world trip. Follow us as we share the good, the bad and the downright nasty of life on the road.
was it crowded too much ?
can we directly go from mukthinath to kathmandu without trekking ?
It wasn’t too crowded, but then we were a month or two away from peak season. Generally, we had no problems finding accommodation, and many tea houses appeared to be almost empty.
Muktinath is connected to the Nepali road network via Jomsom and Pokhara, so it is indeed possible to travel to Kathmandu without trekking. An option here would be to fly part of the way, say from Jomsom to Pokhara.
I’ll be happy to answer any other questions!
Cheers,
/Martin