Tatopani reached after a very exhausting walk of 9 hours in total with my lagguage. The village is calm and very peaceful in the time we trekked there, but be aware in season time (april/ may and sept./ oct) it is very crowded with backpack tourists doing the Annapurna round trek (famous by westerners, takes usually 10 - 15 days), and no hotels or rest rooms are free then.
We were the only ones in our hotel and most probably the only ones in the whole village.
I was so finnished after this first day of carrying my stuff (15kg) and walking in the same time, it was a good opportunity to take bath inside the hot springs here next to the Gandaki. Tato means Hot and pani means water, so that place is called after the hot springs, and Rishis also came here and did there penance inside these hot springs.
I could stay only few minutes inside, so hot was the water, but while inside one had the darshan of Gandaki and the mountains, - what a feeling i tell you.
Also here you are unable to find Salagramas inside the Gandaki as she has a very strong current and big gush of water waves...
The houses inside the village are all made with big rocks and sand, the people are newaris (mainly Hindus) who live by the tourists and in none seasonal time by cultivating the mountain fields of barley and rice.
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