Blogs from Everest Base Camp, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

We drive to Machhapokhari bus park. Here you get the local bus to go Syabrubensi. This bus often stops for the passenger. you will be able to see nice scenery mountains like Mt. Annapurna II, Manasalu, Ganesh Himal and other minor peaks along the route and as well as green scenery of hillock. The driving is quite difficult for now because of road construction is going on. All the vehicle stop at Trisuli bazaar for the lunch. This is almost halfway to Syabrubensi. There will be checked post before you reach to Syabru where you get Langtang national park Permit.... read more

Altitude: 3540 Meter, Trek: 6-7 Hours Overnight: lodge Early in the morning, we start the trek, The trail climbs gradually climbs through the thick forest. During the trek, we pass the forests of hemlocks, oaks, maples and white and pink rhododendrons high above the Langtang Khola. With the view of Langtang Lirung (7244m). The trail crosses the river and multiple hills before the giant landslides of Langtang. After crossing the Langtang landslides we will be at the campsite.... read more

Blog Entry 3 Internet access is already challanging and we are sitting in the middle of a huge city ... Kathmandu. For the record, we are never going to get sick of sayng "Kathmandu." We all arrived yesterday and checked into the very nice Hotel Shanker. Today we had a tour of the three World Heritage Sites here in the city ... which included witnessing a creamation. We are running around a bit trying to get ready to start the trek (it begins tommorrow). We are trying to get a blog up with some photos ... but like we said ... Internet access is challenging. If we disappear from this blog it will be because of lack of access. As of right now all is well.... read more

Day 4 – Namche Bazaar to Tengboche (3,860m) When I opened my eyes in the morning I felt quite relieved straight away as was pretty hungry meaning my appetite was back and it looked like my cold might actually be going away as well so it seemed like I was on a good way to full recovery. :) Actually everybody seemed to be in very good spirits and shortly after breakfast equipped with new gear we set off on our seven hour trek. As soon as we left Namche some amazing views appeared right in front of our eyes again! Even though you look upon the same mountain range along the trail, the scenery each day is changing so much that somehow it seems as if you were looking at different peaks each time…That day we ... read more

OK, I am so sorry for slow entries. I have been going hard for two three weeks and finally shut down. I am not going to have a lot to say. It was spiritual, made me cry and had a strong emotional effect on me. Everest (Sagarmatha or "Goddess in the sky" in Nepalese) was everything and more. It stands at 29,029 ft. Telluride, CO is at almost 9,000 ft. I thought that was high..... Not even close. I arrived at the local airport at 5:30 to get through security. Not knowing what to expect, and not a lot of english spoken, I was pointed through security and put into a large room holding room. I had some yummy chai tea as I waited. Tyler and I boarded Buddha Air at 6:00 am. I know you ... read more