We rushed down soon after finishing the breakfast as we had to reach all the way to Tsokha before the nightfall. The summit having conquered, there was no stress, no qualms and no negativity. We stopped once in a while to rest and listen to music from Prashant/Nandini’s Sony Ericsson, while I being the judge of whose phone had better speakers.
Pines started reappearing and pneumonia seemed to be disappearing. Each of us was feeling better with the decrease in altitude. We reached our destination before nightfall and broke all stories to Zen and Sachin. Photographs were seen and reseen. Anecdotes were re-narrated. The feeling was that of three musketeers returning home after a long journey. We retreated to our tents after a lively dinner. Tsokha to Yuksom was never going to be easy; our knees and calves had already cracked up.
As expected the next 16 kms didn’t happen to be the easiest. Even after reaching Yuksom, the distance from the start of the town to Hotel Tashigang seemed terribly long. Once we reached the hotel, I instinctively lay down flat, flat on the road and the two fellow musketeers followed. The last few clicks were now being clicked. Sachin arrived a little later and Zen arrived a little into darkness with Sujoy.
We soon had our relaxed dinner with a few drinks before we raced to the comforts of pillows and mattresses of Tashigang. The journey was over and we were now waiting to break the news of the trip to friends around.
Pines started reappearing and pneumonia seemed to be disappearing. Each of us was feeling better with the decrease in altitude. We reached our destination before nightfall and broke all stories to Zen and Sachin. Photographs were seen and reseen. Anecdotes were re-narrated. The feeling was that of three musketeers returning home after a long journey. We retreated to our tents after a lively dinner. Tsokha to Yuksom was never going to be easy; our knees and calves had already cracked up.
As expected the next 16 kms didn’t happen to be the easiest. Even after reaching Yuksom, the distance from the start of the town to Hotel Tashigang seemed terribly long. Once we reached the hotel, I instinctively lay down flat, flat on the road and the two fellow musketeers followed. The last few clicks were now being clicked. Sachin arrived a little later and Zen arrived a little into darkness with Sujoy.
We soon had our relaxed dinner with a few drinks before we raced to the comforts of pillows and mattresses of Tashigang. The journey was over and we were now waiting to break the news of the trip to friends around.
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