Chamje 1430m to Tal 1700m (5km)

Breakfast was going to be had in a small cafe next to a large 200m + waterfall near our Guesthouse. It belonged to the same family that also owned our guesthouse so we didn't break our stay for free contract. It took a good bit of time until our breakfast came so we only started walking around 9:30.
So there we were. It was time to actually start our trek. First town we should be passing was Tal just about two hours from Chamche. We chose the path off the road, crossing the river over a hanging steal bridge up rocky paths, through fields of marijuana and past old shacks and many goats.

We saw plenty of little lizzards and it was a really pleasent walk... until, with the town of Tal in sight Mikael stumbled and hit is chin on a rock. Rushing back over to him the streams of blood running down his throut pretty quickly indicated this needed to be stitched. Luckily I had my first aid kit handy in the backpack and fixed him up with a bandage after cleaning out his wound. (Sorry to be sounding cocky, but I think I did a pretty good job... :-)).

The map showed there was a health station in Tal and so we slowly walked over and tried to find it.
The local restaurant owners didn't seem to be much interested in the blood running of my friends wound and kept asking us if we wanted some food or a bed to stay. Finally one of the owners understood that we needed a doctor. Unfortunately the Doctor was not in is little hut, so that we had to go and look for him. After asking a couple of locals it turned out that the doctor was at the football pitch and was actually a nurse.

The Health station was actually more a bit of a room with a poster of a human body. There were no anaesthetics and no thread and needle.

Luckily we bumped into two German doctors, a dentist and a cancer doctor (don't recall the fancy name for that at the moment) that were biking around the Annapurna circuit. The dentist knew a bit of sewing and they had all their gear in their hostel.

After some discussion with the nurse Mikael decided it was better that the two doctors were sewing him up and so they did (just outside in the yard in front of the little health centre with lots of chickens and a dog running around the operation plastic garden chair).

It was a pretty adventurous afternoon so we decided to stay put and pay the doctors for the operation with a round of beers.

Also I got good news from home that my mom had a successful operation and now has a new hip. Hopefully the recovery will go well and walking will be enjoyable again soon. :-)