Day #5 - Sunrise Lodge (Phakding)

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We arrive at the Sunrise Lodge in time for lunch, which consists of a reasonable sized potion of vegetable chowmein washed down with some black tea – neither of which is something I would eat or drink back home, but here it seems the done thing. Only a week ago I would have been having lunch at work in a rather uninspiring canteen – and now I find myself eating lunch in the sunshine with the towering peak of Kongde Ri for company.



I get issued with my room key and go take a look. It is fairly basic, which is what I was expecting, but does have an “en-suite” toilet and shower – the latter which only provides hot water at a temperature slightly below the temperature of the glacial cold tap. I decide to give it a miss having a shower.

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