Poon Hill

6th of October

The sunrise seen from the top of Poon Hill is said to be amazing and something you shouldn't miss, which unfortunately the 300 other tourists in the close region this morning decided not to. The queuing for the top started after just a few minutes on the said to be one hour walk. They say a lot of things around here, but we clearly doesn't learn. The pilgrimage for the top continued in a slow pace, covered in coughs, yawns and sneezes from the hundreds of people dancing the conga along the headlamp lit track uphill. I entertained myself with working out a good charade for "personal space" since there was a clear language barrier between me and the man behind me.

The view from the top was actually quite spectacular; the tourists were everywhere trying to set up their tripods on a spot with no one in front to interrupt the pending sunrise. With a constant flow of more headlamps and tripods this made for some pretty fun encounters.

The clouds lied thick over the view of the mountains with more of the rolling with the wind, making the tripod-owners go restless. The little coffestand was having a hayday amongst all the freezing and disappointed tourists. First back at the hotel we realized that the view of the mountains was almost as good there, just without all the clouds