Annapurna Circuit Trek - Tilicho Lake Detour: Part 2

So the Tilicho trek went like this: we had a long day hiking to the Tilicho basecamp from Manang. At the basecamp we stayed for 2 nights. We had the nicest room yet - a queen bed with an en-suite bathroom (ahem squat toilet). Here we also had a reunion with some trekkers who had caught up with us. 

It was a bummer that I was getting progressively more sick but I really did want to go up to the lake. I drank a lot of ginger-lemon-honey teas and had an early sleep. The next day we had our usual breakfast of porridge (with water - and sometimes onion flavoured apple pieces) and headed up to the lake. One perk was that we could leave most of our stuff down at the basecamp and needed only to take water and snacks with us. 

It was a long ascent - an 800m gain in altitude. But we made it up in about 2.5h and bam there it was: Tilicho Lake ..big and blue. To our surprise and delight our dog friend made it up as well. We had met him when we left Manang and named him ‘Tilicho’ ..I guess you could say he lived up to his name. 

We took lots of pictures, ate our snacks, and then headed back down. It was significantly colder up there and windy. We were back at the basecamp much faster and I was able to enjoy a cold shower while the air was still somewhat warm from the noon sun. That night we stayed at the basecamp while some moved on. 

But ..we did it! We saw Tilicho Lake at an altitude of 4,919m.