We got up really early so we could leave at first daylight to be able to reach the pass (4650m) at our own pace. Although our backpacks where filled with all our gear we could hold pace with the commercial guided-trek groups.

The descent from the pas was sadly really rainy and cloudy so we missed some amazing scenery I guess. It was the end of the rain saison, end of april. If you hike in July and August you normally have clear sky’s most of the time but colder nights. The scenery changed dramatically from the snowcapped high mountains to tropical forest where in between plots of land were filled with banana plants, coffee bushes and avocado trees.

We reached in the late afternoon the little village Chaullay (2990m) were we enjoyed a well deserved cold beer and had a nice time meeting up with fellow hikers.

High and dry

Horse and Men

The most beautiful end of the world