Escape to Xanadu

11 days into the trek we had our first showers! The medieval village of Kagbeni offered more than hot raining showers...we wandered through the alley ways and tunnel-like streets coming upon mani walls, goats, chortens, spring flowers and a fertility statue. It soon got dark and we landed back in the lodge for a delicious meal and a last wild card game with everyone. The next day marked the final leg of the trek with a walk on the river bed of the Kali Gandaki. The wind howled all day long! We spent most of the day on and off the road, passing jeeps and other travellers - a German group with a young child being carried in a basket (doko) and spent most of the day with heads looking down trying to find the perfect wish stones and saligram rocks. We landed in Jomsom, at the Xanadu hotel where we dropped our things and headed to straight to a 5-star resort (Jomsom Mountain Resort). There, as we lounged by the "pool" we had a cup of tea while taking in the magnificent view of the mountains.