In the morning, as usual, there were no clouds, and a beautiful view of Machupuchhare had appeared.

The day’s hike involved a big drop from Tadapani into another large canyon, which we had to cross to get to Chhomrong. At first we were dropping through a kind of rain forest, but then it opened up into terraced farms. We were facing quite a high waterfall across the valley.

After crossing the river and having lunch, we followed mostly level contours to get to the almost vertical village of Chhomrong, which overlooks the gorge of the Modi Khola river, which we will follow two days upward to Annapurna Base Camp. We will have to return the same way, so we left some books and other heavy items for our return down the valley.

The lodge had very good food with fresh chicken. I went out on a limb and ordered a chicken enchilada. It was mostly beans and chicken partially wrapped in Indian bread, but it was quite tasty.