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August 30th 2008
Published: August 31st 2008
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Kathmandu, I'll Be Seeing You--An Ode to Cat Stevens We left Bangkok headed for Nepal via Bangladesh on an evening flight--unfortunately, Biman (Bangladesh Airlines) did not get the same memo, so at 4:30 AM, we finally left the Bangkok airport headed for Bangladesh. Upon arrival at 6:30 AM, we found that due to "no fault of their own" our only having 6 hours between connecting flights, instead o... Read Full Entry



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William and Tasha Heinrich
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We are a young, married couple who just spent 18 months living and traveling around Asia. We finished teaching English in South Korea in 2008, and we loved every minute of our time abroad. ... full info
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Namche Bazar--3490 meters.
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At the highest airport in the world on top of Namche--3900+ meters.
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Namche is below us.
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beautiful rushing river.
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Started to rain on our hike up to Tengboche--3900 meters.
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A swamp area on our way to Pherioche.
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Hiking to Pherioche--4200 meters.
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Here is what fed our heater after we left the tree line. :) Yak patties.
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On the way to Gorek Shep--5100 meters.
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Everest Base Camp--5300+ meters.
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Billy with our porter--Arjun--at Everest Base Camp.
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The sign!
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Kalapathar--5540 meters.
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Billy with a nearby peak on Kalapathar.
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Atop Kalapathar.
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Billy in Gorek Shep.
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On the way down.
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Heather with one of the many cow/yaks we saw along the way.
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Actually, it would be Gnak cheese! :)
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my underwear diaper for comfortable riding. :)
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On our way back to Kathmandu from Lukla--there's our plane!



31st August 2008

Debbie
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Sister
Tasha that is too bad about your foot. Sounds like you guys were fighting being sick. Did Bill and Heather survive without getting sick?

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