Today I was supposed to go to the drop zone, but was still feeling rough so stayed in the town. By the afternoon I was feeling better though so visited the local monastery (see below).
Inside the Namche monestary
After that, a few of us went to look at the new local primary school, and was given [...]
The town of Namche Bazaar nestles into what appears to be an old glacial head (a half-bowl just below the mountain peaks); a collection of multi-coloured roofs dotting the hillside. Unfortunately I did not get much of a chance to explore yesterday though since I was pretty poorly. It started out with tummy pains, and [...]
Today was the first day of proper treking; about 4 hours before lunch and 3 after. We were already starting to acclimatise and actually felt pretty good for the morning, which was the easier part of the day. Now that we were getting higher the scenery became truly stunning, mountains sprouting waterfalls all around us [...]
The first day of trekking was fairly easy – two hours before lunch and one and a half after. We were under instruction to take it very easy to avoid precipitating mountain (altitude) sickness, and that proved surprisingly hard for me; I got gently told off twice by the lead sherpa. Thankfully we had a [...]
We arrived yesterday evening, after 7 hour second leg. I’m definitely getting better at plane travel; I was asleep before we took off and didn’t wake up until we started our descent! The picture is the view out of the left window on approach to the airport with Everest itself poking above the clouds.
The hotel [...]
The plane for the first leg was quiet so we got four seats to ourselves. Of course in reality, I got three seats and John got one, and I slept the whole flight – yay! :)
Currently cooling our heels just passing through Doha International Airport, Qatar. A replacement is currently being built, and you can [...]
We’re currently crawling along on the M25, being driven by Erica Bagg (with her boyfriend Sam along for the ride), towards Heathrow. Now that I am definitely on my way I no longer feel quite so scared / excited, but instead a Zen-like calm has descended. Probably best that I avoid thinking about the whole [...]
