The trek was amazing - we managed to buy a pressure cooker of a pony man finishing a trek with a large group, Stanzin ferretted around in Wanla and found enough food to keep us alive, flour, ghee, rice, dahl, jam, potatoes, cabbage, tea and soup....it wasn't exciting but it contained calories. For a few days eating wasn't easy anyway - altitude removes your appetite and when you walk 20-25km a day you're almost too knackered to eat in the evenings. We carried our stuff - Stanzin and the two ponies carried food and his things. The first 10 days were very up and down, 3 passes close to 5000m, lots of villages and hard work.
The second section, from Padum to Darcha was much easier and we spent lots of time with Stanzin's family and friends, at their houses, or just camped in their villages. Most of the walk followed the Kargiak river and then we climbed the 5000m Shingo La pass and walked down to Darcha.
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