October 5, 2008

Valley of flowers - Things We Carried


We decided to carry lots of clothes, as sometimes the rainfall at Ghangria can be very heavy. The humidity is very high. Clothes feel damp all the time. All of us were going to carry mostly Tee Shirts and trousers, expects Muneera as she is more comfortable in her Salwar Kurta. Next important thing was Trekking Shoes. We did a lot of survey for affordable but comfortable shoes and finally I found “Action Trekking” shoes. They costs only Rs.600/-. They are actually made for trekking but they are 100 times better quality than hunter shoes and 100% cheaper that it’s Rebok, Nike cousins.

We carried lots of dry fruits, chocolates etc. to give us energy while trekking.Bina provided big plastic sheets for wrapping all our clothes over before keeping them in the suitcases. We also packed all our things in individual polythene bags. Because during the 14km trek, if it would rain, we would be covered in our raincoats, but at the same time the porters would be carrying our bags without any protection. It is a possibility of the content getting wet.

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