a1jbg
4th June 2005, 10:56 PM
I have recently returned from a trek to Bhutan, Mount Chomolhari, with Himalayan Kingdoms and thought some of you might like to know how I thought it compared with trekking in Nepal. I have previously done the Annapurna Curcuit (twice), EBC and ABC and all have been teahouse treks.
Bhutan is heavily forested under about 10.000 ft, and sparsley populated, hence veiws were pretty limited at lower levels and we did not get to interact with the local population as you do when trekking in Nepal. I missed this.
Although my 3 trekking companions were great blokes, we were obviously a tented trek, and I missed the meeting and talking to other trekkers from all over the world that you meet on a teahouse trek.
The trekking fee in Bhutan was $160 a day ($200 a day in peak season) so this does limit the trekkers I met to fairly wealthy old farts like myself. I preferred having a beer and a laugh with the young independent trekkers you meet on trail in Nepal, travelling the world on a shoestring.
To be fair, my companions thouroughly enjoyed trekking in Bhutan (as I did), but this was the first trek for all of them,so they weren`t able to make comparisons as I was.
Also,Bhutan had nothing to compare to the delights of Thamel and Pokhara at the beginning and end of the trek!
Bhutan is heavily forested under about 10.000 ft, and sparsley populated, hence veiws were pretty limited at lower levels and we did not get to interact with the local population as you do when trekking in Nepal. I missed this.
Although my 3 trekking companions were great blokes, we were obviously a tented trek, and I missed the meeting and talking to other trekkers from all over the world that you meet on a teahouse trek.
The trekking fee in Bhutan was $160 a day ($200 a day in peak season) so this does limit the trekkers I met to fairly wealthy old farts like myself. I preferred having a beer and a laugh with the young independent trekkers you meet on trail in Nepal, travelling the world on a shoestring.
To be fair, my companions thouroughly enjoyed trekking in Bhutan (as I did), but this was the first trek for all of them,so they weren`t able to make comparisons as I was.
Also,Bhutan had nothing to compare to the delights of Thamel and Pokhara at the beginning and end of the trek!