Trek report Part 2
Day 5: Marapada to Bevra After a rested and relaxed day 4, we started out early on day 5, leaving the camp at 7:30. The initial walk took us through dense forest and poor trail. It was completely downhill. We could hear Monal pheasants, but couldn’t see any. But we did stumble upon a group of macaques (hanuman langurs), these are very shy unlike monkeys in the plains and are not shutter friendly. With just a 24-105 zoom, I couldn’t get good enough shots. Swinging over the trail! Ranga negotiating the trail cautiously We came across the first of the major impacts of this year’s monsoon cloud burst, a bridge over one of the rivers washed out. We had to negotiate a landslide and cross a temporary bridge formed by a tree that had fallen across the stream. Temporary bridge Post the crossing, we had a very comfortable trail, a cheh footiya or 6 foot path through the forest for a good 3 kms. After a quick tea and refill of mineral water, we set out for an...