Arriving at Mana Banjang where we start our trek - the town is built "on" the border (picture) with Nepal

Hotel "Khangchendzonga" in Mana Banjang where we spend the night

Marco (my fellow traveller and friend from Munich) with our nice hotel "manager"

On the trek (which follows the border between India and Nepal) there are some monestaries and a lot of prayer architecture

Another stupa

Our first impressive view of Mount Kanchenzonga on this trek!

Somewhere on the way we may choose the road through India or Nepal - we picked the "more exciting" one via Nepal!

A Nepali village on the way

A lunch break - we ask the people living in this house to prepare a soup for us

Arriving at the settlement of Garibas

The room in the simple lodge in Garibas

Boy in Garibas

To warm up and for entertaining we visit a family in their cottage - main room with fireplace

Bengali friend (Anwar) who is stranded there with Marco (and myself) having drinks

...like this HIT Super Strong (beer with ~8 %)

One of the few cars travelling on the rough road to this place...

Female head of the family in this cottage preparing tea for us

On the way back, the "road" in even worse condition (Nepali side of the ridge)

Very poor settlements... (poor area of Nepal)

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Prayer wall - make sure to walk around in clockwise direction

Back to town "Mana Banjang" (temple)

Locals sitting and waiting (due to another strike nothing is moving)