The 12-kilometre trek from Aktru Base Camp should take about six hours to complete, up and back. But I’m not making good time – in fact, none of us are. And it’s not the altitude and thinning air that’s slowing us down.
Shaun Busuttil
Shaun Busuttil
If I was friends with a magician, I’d message them on FB and ask them out for a beer. Then once at the bar, I’d plead to them like crazy for them to turn me into a bird so I could spread my wings and fly all over the world – for free! In the meantime, I guess I’ll have to settle for being a travel writer with an incurable case of wanderlust and a remarkable ability to get lost. Follow him on Instagram at @theshaunbusuttil
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