Nepal is the ultimate destination for outdoor enthusiasts around the world. It bears witness to the calm and hustle and bustle of the Himalayas and also grows a "world's most popular hiking route – the act". Located at about 800 meters above sea level in besisahar, besisahar, located in the central and western regions of Nepal, is the traditional starting point for the act loop hike. Already buzzing in the morning, this himalayan-fringed town has become a thriving and crowded outdoor tourist hub inland Nepal with a global wave of outdoor enthusiasts.
A good day naturally begins with a delicious breakfast, the inn's clean and simple restaurant, the tall nose and deep eyes handsome and handsome owner has prepared a good breakfast for us: omelette, potatoes, onions, bread, apple juice (milk), bananas, apples, tomatoes and other fruits. It is said that this is the standard breakfast for the entire act loop hike. Don't look at Nepal being named one of the poorest countries in the world by the United Nations, but the supporting services and facilities for outdoor tourism are world-class!
As the starting point of the act, Besshar has a checkpoint at the end of the town, and outside the checkpoint you can see a large number of European and American donkey friends and mountain bike riders queuing up for inspection. Tourists need to show the trekking permit and the ring guarantee (tims) registration and inspection at the Nepal Tourism Authority in Kathmandu, and the examiner can check and stamp before entering the next step, there are checkpoint cards along the way, and the two certificates must be properly kept, otherwise in addition to the suspension of the trip, they will also be fined a huge amount.
The act is a horseshoe-shaped loop that hikes or cycles around Annapurna, the world's tenth highest peak at an altitude of 8,091 meters, covering a distance of 211 kilometers and generally taking 10-20 days. Since the road has begun to cover most of the hiking area in recent years, in order to save energy, save time, and avoid acting as an international vacuum cleaner, we temporarily decided to rent an off-road pickup truck to maneuver to chyamche dozens of kilometers away before starting hiking. Most of the common means of transportation here are Indian-made pickup trucks, the front can take five people, the rear compartment in addition to the backpack can also pick customers to earn extra money, the people in the car are overturned, do not know the local opening of the carriage
Muddy waterholes, potholes, dust... After three hours of bumps in the rugged mountain road, which is known as the "first bump in the world", we finally arrived at the village of Chyamche, the starting point of the hike. Chyamce is located between steep canyons, with vertical cliffs on both sides, occasionally a few waterfalls hanging overhang, pink, blue, orange and yellow inns built along the road, providing accommodation and light meals for people who are wearing and wearing back. Pickups, off-road and motorbikes, and hikers of all stripes make this small village in the valley come alive.
There are two routes to choose from in chyamche, the relatively gentle but dusty Promenade and the other cutting straight to the bottom of the deep valley, crossing the Masjandi River from the opposite bank along the canyon cliffs. I had just seen the mixer-like tragedy of the highway before, and decided to take the path!
Unload her dusty backpack and order nichola curri for lunch at a roadside inn, where Mimi steps up the steep stone staircase to the left of the inn's roadside sign to the first stage of the hike. Few people choose to take steep ascents and steep descents, more difficult paths, but today began to start the formal hike, physical and mental are the best, life needs a sense of ceremony, so Er did not hesitate to take a step towards the canyon.
Walk down the steep stone steps, faintly hear the thunderous turbulence sound, whisk away the reeds, and face a blue-green stream, which is the famous Masyandi River of the act loop, it is less than 20 meters wide, but it is raging and violent, the river is rocky, a chain suspension bridge lies on it, this kind of half-cage mesh chain bridge is also the standard for crossing the river and crossing the creek on the entire act loop, the shape is unified, safe and reliable.
Act is the abbreviation of annappurna circuit trekking, this hiking trail covers almost all kinds of landforms in Nepal, from besisahar at an altitude of about 800 meters to the thorung la pass at an altitude of 5416 meters, along the way through canyons, rapids, forests, meadows, lakes, snowy mountains, you can also see a variety of rare animals and animals and countless 7000 or 8000 meters, the shocking Himalayan mountains, the landscape is complete, the change is rich, Rare in the world. Therefore, the act has become the first of the world's top ten hiking routes, and it is well deserved!
Crossing the chain bridge, all the way along the north bank of the Masjandi River in the canyon, very different from the red dust on the other side of the road, where the climate is humid, the air is fresh, the ancient wood paths, strange rocks and overhanging vines, dangerous cliffs, the gorge scenery is attractive, although the weight of more than thirty pounds is staggering forward, a sweat is doubling.
For hundreds of millions of years, the Masyandi River has cut a canyon with a gap of thousands of meters in the lofty mountains, and only then has it taken the road. But now the small human beings are using modern machinery to dig roads on the mountain, and these flood box engraved with the memory of the earth will allow human beings to graffiti and speculate at will? Man will triumph over heaven? Let's be in awe of nature!
A touch of slanting sun like a golden crown upside down on the peak of the mountain, where the light shines, there are mountain dwellers on the barren mountain, which looks very similar to the houses of the hobbits in "The Lord of the Rings" from a distance, and it is known that it is a realistic version of the hut that was broken by the autumn wind! Hard stone as the base, bamboo as the wall, thatch as the top, digging holes into windows! There are no tiles on the top, no inches on the bottom, I don't know what to do for livelihood? It is estimated that Lao Du's grass hall is also a few points more luxurious than this! Alas, there are thousands of mansions in Ande, and the cold people in the world are happy?
"Look, monkey!" Suddenly, the exclamations of teammates came from the front, and in the chaos, they opened the 2000mm telephoto, and it was not easy to search for and lock the dignity of the Monkey King. This is a small group of Indian long-tailed langur monkeys with about seven or eight members, which often haunt the stone cliffs in the forest on both sides of the lower river valleys, and like to eat various fruits, leaves, shoots, flowers, etc. Usually work at sunrise, take a long break at noon, eat in the afternoon, and go back to the woods to sleep in the evening.
The appearance of the langur once again gave a shot in the arm for the slightly tired flesh, and the excitement and curiosity continued to be maintained, and the energy continued to move forward. This is the donkey line, abused in the body and the heart! Even though dozens of pounds of bags make people feel depressed in the endless mountain road, in the beautiful waters of this spiritual mountain, The poem of Song Ren Shi Shaotan jumps into the heart: Spring has a hundred flowers and autumn has a moon, summer has a cool breeze and winter has snow. Don't worry about idle things, it is a good time in the world!
The first acquaintance with the Himalayas, just the small edge of her magnificent body is already so stunning, walking in this world, like a paradise in no man's land, through the sudden light of the canyon, between the cliffs of the ridge and the waterfalls hanging down, creating a dim and gentle tranquility and indifference - bitan oblique, wooden houses, distant look at the cold grass condensation, close to the flowers!
As the altitude gradually rises, the gorge walls on both sides of the strait become more and more steep, the rushing Masyandi River is bound to only a few meters wide, so it is even more manic, the blue river water is flying and waving, back to the turbulence, the sound of the water is shaking the sky, implying wind and thunder, the boulders on the shore are rushing to the cliffs, the cliffs are crossed, and the gorges are hidden according to danger! Nature's miraculous work is truly shocking and impressive!
Although the whole journey is only seven kilometers, it takes only three hours, turning over the red, blue and green tricolor signs at the junction of the central and western regions of Nepal, you will officially enter the Manan region of Nepal, where the Masyandi River changes the appearance of Ma Jingtao's noisy and violent roaring emperor, just quietly flowing slowly in the valley, and the river valley plain is dotted with various color houses dotted in the woods and flowers, and today's destination - 1675 meters above sea level Tar Village is already in sight!
Entering the village, where a variety of beautiful garden houses make people feel selectively handicapped, an enthusiastic Nepalese tour guide takes us into a very interestingly named inn, the father and son guest house. In Nepal, each village on the hiking trail has a government-priced inn to provide food and accommodation, although the higher the altitude, the more difficult the conditions, but the basic conditions such as water, electricity and wifi can be guaranteed. Under the setting sun, the fragrance of coffee accompanied by a smile like a flower, meet the Himalayas, is not like a finger of Huilan, blooming plain and elegant, stunning time, rejoicing in each other?