Josh, the guy sleeping next to me, was up & down quite a few times during the night as he was throwing up & had diahorrea. Poor guy! He decided not to go on the walk to Hemkund Sahib (also spelt "Hemkunt" sometimes but I'm going to stick with "Hemkund" for obvious reasons). Matthew, the husband with the fever also still not good so he & his wife Gloria elected not to go too. Manisha had a cold so her husband, Ahmeh, also stayed behind. I'm feeli...

Was woken up early by one of the 4 other guys in the room. He has a plastic cover on his mattress & seemed to be tossing & turning all night. Found out later he has a fever so that explains a lot! Then the Sikhs started chanting very loudly at about 5am ... and, well, might as well get up! Everyone feeling very excited as today is the day we do the trek we've all been waiting for! I roamed around the village a little before breakfast to take photos...

Woke up at 5.30am & got ready for the day ahead. No real possibility for showers but oh well, don't really need it! Did my medical check then went out to roam the village & take some photos of the town, surrounding mountains & the people. Lots of donkeys here as well. Most look surprisingly well-maintained! A few saddle sores here & there but mostly good, quite pleasing. Met some people who had just returned from the Valley of Flowers &am...