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By hip hop hobbit
November 20th 2006

moaist's, me and alot of rice!

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

Poon Hill
I've done it so you don't have to!

left kathmandu, a place that was such a welcome break to me from the relentlesness of india! and made my way to pokhara, a six hour bus ride west of kathmandu, or so they say! it actully took 9 hours because of a accident that killed a child, so the village people blocked the road until they got compensation! i love the way this country works, want something doing, make a fuss! met up with laura in pokhara, also met up with a mate from india who had just finished a 16 day trek! so i spent only one night in [View Full Entry]

By EverestBaseCamp
November 20th 2006

Lobuche

Asia » Nepal » Gorak Shep

** Entry completed 28 Nov 2006 ** There were no fleas in Lobuche thank god. Only rats. The group anticipates Base Camp tomorrow. It is obvious from everyoness face that people are worried. I feel ok and optimistic despite the 12 hour day ahead of me. We have been breifed that we will head out at 6am. Lobouche is very cold. The cloud is coming up the valley bringing with it the damp. A few of us went up to the edge of the Khumbu Glacier. Most of it was grey glacial till (rock debris). Now and again we caught a [View Full Entry]

By EverestBaseCamp
November 19th 2006

Dingboche - They call it a rest day. Ha!

Asia » Nepal » Dingboche

**Entry completed 28 Nov 2006** We trekking up to around 4900m today. So much for the rest. I was pleased that my knee held out and my breathing has improved. There are still members of the group which permanently feel out of breath. A number of people continue theirown risky quests and gain no respect from the rest of the group. To run of these mountains (even for a short time), show symptoms of AMS and continue to push yourself beyond medical advice should attract nothing lesss than failure. Another member goes out alone into the freezing cloud. No map, no [View Full Entry]

By LahdetaanTanaan
November 19th 2006

Kathmandun kaduilta

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

Olemme siis saapuneet Kathmanduun ja lepailemme rauhassa tiiviin Tiibetin lapi matkaamisen jalkeen. Yritamme kertoa kuulumisia taalta ja Tiibetista mahdollisimman pian. [View Full Entry]

By EverestBaseCamp
November 18th 2006

In the shadow of Everest

Asia » Nepal » Tengboche

Lodge at Tengboche
Tashi Delek Lodge at Tengboche

We started out this morning travelling along frosty bitten paths, in the shadow of Everest. Everest shows itself intermittently as we travel towards our goal of Base Camp. The trail is quieter now and sherpas and yaks are fewer. Last night Rolfe (group leader and accomplished mountaineer) told us the heart rendering story of a sherpa which encapsulates their spirt. One Sherpa who got to the end of his day and asked if he could travel to Kathmandu to get medicine for his daughter who had Scepticima (she was a two day run away). Later Rolfe sawthe same sherpa again and [View Full Entry]

By MyArmadillo
November 18th 2006

The holiday begins...

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

Rhinos? In Kathmandu?
You bet. This fetus has been preserved in a lovely coverless jar of formaldahyde in the Natural History Museum for nearly 10 years! Do you believe it?!? Easily the coolest thing Sara has ever seen.... [more]

In Kathmandu for the second time now, with a trip to Chitwan National Park inbetween. Our first encounter with this country was a crazy, dusty one. Crossing the border we had to run around looking for passport photos, even though the travel agent in Delhi said you didn't need them for a Nepali visa. Then they would only take US dollars for the visa, so we had to run around again looking for an exchange rate that was not totally obscene, which, it turns out, was impossible to do. Anyway, we reloaded the bus for the last 8 hour leg of [View Full Entry]

By Bla
November 17th 2006

Trekking in the Himalayas

Asia » Nepal » Annapurna

Sunrise at Poon Hill

We did a 16 day trek of the Annapurna circuit and it was an absolutely staggering experience. Because we started on the 17th of November and it is beginning to get quite cold at the higher altitudes, we had missed the masses and many days it just felt that we were the only ones on the trail.....Great. A new law passed just on the 27th of Oct this year, means that it is now compulsary to bring a guide or a porter with you. We had Mila, a porter/guide who spoke reasonable english and carried our heavy stuff. We began the [View Full Entry]

A Cremation on the banks of the Marsyandi

By Danny110683
November 17th 2006

Nepal, Too Many Early Mornings!!

Asia » Nepal

Kathmandu
Temple

Finally Arrived in Kathmandu First impressions of Kathamdu were much better than expected and we quickly managed to find a nice hotel in Thamel. We were harassed by Nepalese Taxi drivers on the way out of the airport, after much dispute we finally agreed a price and set off. This was no ordinary journey though, on the way after stopping off at an ATM a young boy begging came to Danny's side of the taxi and opened the sliding window. Dan was a little worried as he was counting his money so tried to slide the window and stop the [View Full Entry]

By Kikker in India
November 17th 2006

Een week PArsauni.

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan

Douchejurk

Parsauni 2 Weblog 17 november 2006. We zitten nu een week in Parsauni en eerlijk gezegd weten we nog steeds niet goed wat we moeten gaan doen; de plannen veranderen steeds. We kregen de opdracht ons te richten op klas 1 en 2 zodat de volgende vrijwilligers zich hier ook op konden richten en dat ze dus tot en met de hoogste klas ieder jaar Engelse les mede van volunteers hadden gekregen. De leerkracht die engels geeft aan klas 1 en 2, Kanti, is een erg goede leerkracht. Haar Engels is op zich prima en ze geeft prima les. In haar [View Full Entry]

By EverestBaseCamp
November 17th 2006

Snow

Asia » Nepal » Tengboche

Buddhist scripts in the monastry

Turns out there is now a internet station in Tengboche. We've just arrived. It was a steep climb, but again I was using my tried and tested small steps. (I'm in no rush) I feel good and am in good health keeping up my water regime when others are slipping. I'm a bit of a stickler for keeping to my own set of rules :) We arrived in cloud cover. A few flakes of snow. Just when we were wondering whether that mountain was going to end, we turned the corner there stood the monastry. Everything is calm and the bleakness [View Full Entry]

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