Mandi

Hi

We've successfully finished the trekking phase of our expedition!  We decided to miss out the rest day at Prashar Lake, so we finished a day early.  On the first day of our trek, we acquired two dogs - Limpy and Mandi, who stayed with us until the end of the trek!  They usefully ate up all our leftover food each meal, including jam, onion and cucumber sandwiches - yes, all in the same sandwich!  The food that our cooks served up was delicious, with a variety of dishes served every meal.  The trek was hard at times, with steep uphill stretches, and the last day we descended all the height we gained over the previous 4 days, which was hard-going.  The team worked well together to get through the trek and spirits remained high.  We have remained remarkedly healthy.  We had a few leeches attach themselves on the last day, but were removed quickly.  On the final night of the trek, the monsoon rain flooded out Claire and Simon's tents.  The World Challenge tents were much more durable and all the students stayed dry.  We arrived in Mandi yesterday, where we managed to dry out our kit and have a much-needed shower!  Today, we visited a temple up the hillside. We are leaving Mandi on Monday morning by bus to Chandigarh, where we will catch an overnight train to Jaipur.  Enjoy the photos!

The team near the end of the trek.

The toilet tent!

Relaxing at the end of the trek.