Trekking in Nepal, Day One

While unsure of the textbook definition of Trekking versus Hiking, I do know that trekking requires added protein:

Breakfast, Day One: Ants in My Honey

After our interesting morning evading a strike, we stopped for a quick breakfast. Then began our slow ascent!

Our first "summit" by 9am. The flags in the foreground are Buddhist prayer flags. We saw them everywhere around Nepal.

Next came rice paddies . . .

Teachers hiking through the rice paddies:

Big Mountains! The whole group, our awesome guides included:

Can't get enough of the view:

We tried dried water buffalo meat, at one point. Here are some wet water buffalo:

Nepalese school children!

The tea house we stayed at, the first night:

View from our tea house:

The bathroom:

Cozy Room!