Just before Chhomrong, the trail dropped several hundred meters to cross a stream, then climbed into town. Remembering the long set of steps we had descended, I decided to distract myself by counting the steps as I climbed. There were 2344 steps up to the top of the hill!At night, the layer of clouds gradually dissipated, showing again the remarkable view from the depths of the valley to the top of the mountains Annapurna South, Hunchuli and Machhupuchhare. Even after all this time, it was hard to believe that those things appearing in the sky above the breaking clouds were mountains.
