Day 2 Tumling - Kali Pokhari Up at 06:00 to catch the sunrise at tumling and our first good views of Kangchenjunga ( the 3rd highest mountain in the world) and the Indian Himalaya range, in the distance we can see the Nepal Himlaya ( obscured partly by the climb to come later climb ) Everest is hidden but we can see Chamlang at 7317 mts. The trek starts off uphill for a while then drops to 2621 mts at Graibas after 7 Km. After a quick cuppa when head off again in a very uphill direction, Kali Pokhari a mere 7 km further but ending at 3164 mts.
The overnight accommodation is again not heated but the kitchen has a superb fire where we sit and warm up while dinner is being cooked ( sitting under racks of Yak meat and Yak Cheese.
Day 3 Kali Pokhari - Sandakphu . Another 6:00 start to catch another sun-up, great views of the Kali Pokhari valley and our next destination Sandakphu at 3636 mts. A tough at very hard uphill trek to Sandakphu takes about 3 hours but we are rewarded with our first views of Everest and even closer views of Kangchenjunga. We are staying here for two nights as the next day we are walking the Ridge path to Phalut ( part way ). The afternoon we explore Sandakphu and take far too many photos of hills and mountains.. The evening meal is a another Dahl & rice concoction, soon to be re-named "dull and rice" Over night he temperatures drop considerably and boy are we glad we bought those expensive sleeping bags, still we need extra blankets to keep warm.
Day 4 Sandakphu ridge walk. Yes you've guessed it, up again at 06:00 for more sunrise views, this time we are seeing both the Indian and Nepal Himalaya, FANTASTIC.
After an hour of photo taking and numb hand and feet its time for breakfast and a steaming hot bowl of porridge and hot tea. The walk along the ridge takes in more views of Everest, Lhotse, Makalu and the Indian Himalaya. After about 8 km we stop for a snack and then re-trace our steps back to Sandakphu for another night of freezing cold and Dull food..
Day 5 Sandakphu - Gurdrum. Todays trek is a killer its virtually all downhill and a real test on the knees, we reach Gurdrum around 2pm and crash out to a superb lunch.The Valley of Gurdrum is much warmer and at only 1850 mts we are not having the same breathing problems, our overnight hut has a nice wood lined room but no lighting or heating and the loo is two flights of stairs away to an cold stone out building. Still not too bad.
Day 6 Gurdrum - Rimblik. This is supposed to be the easiest part of the trek but with 2km of steep downhill our knees are telling us different, we eventually reach the Siri Kholar River and the terrain levels out a lot, its just a short 6km to Rimblik our final destination
Chitray Monastery on the way to Tumling.
Chitray Monastery on the way to Tumling.
Chitray Monastery on the way to Tumling.
Flower and fauna on the way to Tumling.
Prayer flags and hill temple near Tumling. 
Tumiling on the Nepal India border. 3070 mts
Prayer flags and Tumling village, our hut is one of those to the right of the picture.
Sunrise at Tumling and our first views of the Nepal Himalaya.
Sunrise at Tumling with Kangchenjunga ( the 3rd highest mountain in the world)
Sunrise at Tumling with Kangchenjunga
Sunrise at Tumling with the Nepal Himalaya in the background.
Sunrise at Tumling.
The cat in the fireplace...
Day 2 and away through more remote villages, this one is Chowrie Chowk.
Linda by the mountain hut fire.. with strips of Yak meat over head.. Nice !Kali Pokhari on the India Nepal border. 3184 mt altitude.
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
Prayer flags at Kali Pokhari.
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
The path to Sandakphu, Robin and Linda forging ahead.
The path to Sandakphu, Linda and Robin almost out of sight !! 
A Yak on the trek to Sandakphu.
Bimal and Robin on the trek to Sandakphu.
Our first views of Everest from Sandakphu, Everest is the 2nd mountain from the right, sandwiched between Makalu and Lhotse.
Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu. .. yes Mal's been playing with the Camera settings again.
Sunrise at Sandakphu with Everset in the background ( 2nd from right )
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Day 4 Mal on the Ridge walk Sandakphu.
A very cold mountain hut.
Sandakphu.
The walk down to Gurdrum. day 5
Gurdrum.
There were a few of these.
Gurdrum overnight stay, the upper room was ours.
Siri Kholar river.
Looking toward Sikkim.
Bimal, Linda and Robin at the end of a 6 day trek.. and still smiling ..
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
Prayer flags at Kali Pokhari.
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
Sunrise at Kali Pokhari.
The path to Sandakphu, Robin and Linda forging ahead.
The path to Sandakphu, Linda and Robin almost out of sight !! 
A Yak on the trek to Sandakphu.
Bimal and Robin on the trek to Sandakphu.
Our first views of Everest from Sandakphu, Everest is the 2nd mountain from the right, sandwiched between Makalu and Lhotse. 
Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu. .. yes Mal's been playing with the Camera settings again. 
Sunrise at Sandakphu with Everset in the background ( 2nd from right )
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Sunrise at Sandakphu.
Day 4 Mal on the Ridge walk Sandakphu.
A very cold mountain hut.
Sandakphu.
The walk down to Gurdrum. day 5
Gurdrum.
There were a few of these.
Gurdrum overnight stay, the upper room was ours.
Siri Kholar river.
Looking toward Sikkim.
Bimal, Linda and Robin at the end of a 6 day trek.. and still smiling .. Next Blog Darjeeling.
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