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Asia, part VII: Nepal

Richard Rosss
2006-04-03 13:48:19

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The story starts in the troubled Kingdom of Nepal...

Main characters - Adam (whom I met on the plane from Dhaka and Raj, out 'interesting guide!) and a cast of 1000 sherpa's and yaks!

We jumped on a Yeti Airline plane for the 35min flight thru the foothills to Lukla to start our 2 week trek to Everest Base Camp (70ks away). We started our walk to Monjo where we met the Royal Navy team (they were doing the same walk, as an exercise!) We stayed there overnite and watched the Yak trains pass and looked in awe at the formidable snowy mountains in the distance. We were at 2800m and it was starting to show when we climbed up hills...

The next day was tough, a serious climb thru pine forests and across Indiana Jones type bridges [some of the planks broke under my feet!] to Namche Bazar at 3450m. Here we rested, ate and slept. Our daily routine was forming -up at 5ish, porridge for brekkie - walk for 4hrs then have a snack/tea/sleep at new place. Lunch was usually a dall bhaat (bland lentil curry). The afternoons were spent trying to dry your sweaty clothes out/sleep and play cards. Anything else was too much effort! Dinner was at 6ish (Dal bhaat or yak steak!) and then some more cards until bedtime 8pm. Showers were there, but it was too cold and pricey - so we did without! We all carried about 10ks on our backs...

Namche Bazar is set on a cliff side overlooking a few valleys and snow capped peaks. Its mainly a collection of guest houses and shops selling warm clothes/choc etc. The streets are very steep and usually have yaks walking loose down them. There were loads of banners everywhere celebrating the 50th ann of the 1st ascent of Everest

On day 3, our rest day, we walked up the big hill behind hill (about 400m) to the everest view hotel. We couldn't see anything, which we were slightly peeved about! Headed back to town to watch the Everest Base camp to Namche ...