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The
Annapurna rise in the heart of the Himalayan.
they may not be the tallest, but they from the
central core of the great Himalayan arc,
towering in the very middle of the 2,550
km/1,550 mile china that is the planet’s highest
mountain range, and being there they encapsulate
the Himalayan, their ridges and prominences,
their slopes and foothills typifying the
Himalayan median ,the people of the Annapurna
exemplify the Himalayan median, the people of
the Annapurna’s exemplify that median too, they
are your average Himalayan native, their
mongoloid features tinged with indo-Aryan traits
religion a mix of Buddhism, Hinduism and
animism. If the Annapurna region is a Himalayan
microcosm. It is one that is eminently
accessible unlike many others Himalayan range,
the 55km/35miles Annapurna hymnal is entirely
within Nepal and with a relatively easy trail
that goes all round it. Called Annapurna
circuit, it is a trail that is among the most
fascinating and popular trekking routes in the
world. Taking one through an amazing diversity
of terrain and culture: from lush green
foothills with pretty terraces and picturesque
Gurkha village to barren, Tibet like landscape;
through deep forested gorges and the high
through Buddhist village with ancient cliff -top
lamaseries to settlements that were once great
marts of the trains Himalayan barter trade.
Snowy mountains, glaciers and surging rivers,
though you pass two airports, there are no metal
led roads anywhere along the route, no vehicles
for close to three weeks you walk in a mountains
wilderness, reaching an altitude considerably
higher than mt. Blanc,moving fro subtropical
forest to sub –zero temperatures: no others trek
can possibly offer so much and if the Annapurna
circuit trek seems too long ,there are others
exciting shorter options most notably the
centaury trek that takes you to the very midst
of the Annapurna mountains.
The
Annapurna range is named after the Hindu goddess
of food and harvests. It is not known why it
came to be called: perhaps the ancient believed
they owed their harvests to the mountains the
clouds that it trapped, the rivers that follow
of it. Two rivers essentially circumscribe this
long and complex range the marsayandi on the
east and north, the kali gandaki gorge is in
fact the world deepest the rivers cut are
incredibly deep at place; the kali gandaki gorge
is in fact the world ‘s deepest. the river
originates in the bleak mustang hills bordering
Tibet and as it flows south through the breach
in the great Himalayas it separates the
Annapurna from the mighty Dhaulagiri range. on
the east, the marayangdi comes between the
Annapurna’s and the great manaslu mountains |
