Day 19: Playday at "Invisible" Machhapuchhre (Fishtail) Mountain

Machhapuchhre (also known as Fishtail) is the name of a spectacular Himalayan mountain that is very sacred and has never been climbed. That's the name of our lodge, but because of fog and poor visibility today at the Australian Camp, we cannot even see it. The painting below tells us what is "out there" very close :)  We play on the huge bamboo swing (see Guro below), meet some really nice trekkers from The Netherlands, check out a fabulous young lady who weaves very fine things which we buy, and befriend some awesome cheeky little boys playing on a rock wall. Vern and Lage both are reading great books and Guro and I do laundry - a little like the ladies at the lake! Tomorrow we head through the last of the terraced farming country...down, down, down, and out of the Annapurnas for good.