Only the escalation of my amazement. Only my breathing. Only my footsteps on the gravel. Only my panting.
A man from Nepal is needed.
Then the agencies. But there are a plethora of agencies.
The itineraries. A plethora of itineraries.
The details. A plethora of details.
Advice on equipment. A plethora of advice.
Guarantees of breathtaking views. You'll understand, in Nepal.
A wealth of information that makes everything seem the same, the agencies the same, the itineraries the same, the details the same.
I read and reread the documentation on the sites hundreds of times, I make comparisons. And the differences emerge.
Same itinerary, different costs. Very different. What is it, you have gold teeth and those others don't? Oh, here, the welcome, you come and pick me up at the airport and when everything is over you come and drop me off. But look, there's also the room in Kathmandu. Yes, fine, but those others there also give me a room in Kathmandu and welcome me, so what? What's the catch? Wait, what is this? What does 'public trek' mean? And why does it say 'private' there? And then look, see how rabbits jump out of the hat? Minimum two participants, but there's a problem: I want to go alone, I want to be ALONE. So what do we do? You get carried away. I get carried away.
So, let's take stock: you can go in a group or alone, if you go in a group you pay less. Oh. Yes, and not only that: you can choose the type of your trek, public or private, that is, you can choose to join a package of preferences or customize your trek.
Now it's clear.
And of course, mine will be a private and single trek, and who cares about the prices. OK, but the problem remains: there's a mess and a bag of agencies here, who should you trust? Who knows them?