My journey started off from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal where I was on my way to the base camp of Annapurna, a mountain of Nepal. The next day, I proceeded to Pokara, the starting point of the trek. The trek was uphill all the time with little respite. I had chosen the right season as the rhododendrons were in full bloom. Walking through a forest of rhododendrons was like the Shangri-La I had dreamed of. At Chomron, I had to wake up at 4 am and walked up Poon Hill in the dark to catch the sunrise. There were almost hundred trekkers there but their conversation was quiet in the