Well I thought I would write a quick note. We are kinda stuck here in Kathmandu. Becky and I have changed our flights to Thailand but could only leave 2 days early, so we fly on may 13 to Singapore and have an 18 hr lay over then onto Thailand. Patrick and Tyler got flights directly to THailand on the 11th so they get there 3 days earlier than us,but are going to get us a place to stay in Koh Tao and figure out the trains and boats etc so we get there. We saw a few things around Kathmandu [View Full Entry]

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Hello all! So I survived and am alive and well. We ended our trekking early because we finished a bit earlier than expected and also we were tired and ready to come back. So after 15 days of trekking in the Himalayas we are all in better shape, a little tired, but ready to be back and for the next phase of our adventure. We may even try to change our flights to get to Thailand sooner than the 15th as that what was planned originally but will keep you all posted. So trekking...part 1 We began our trek on sunday [View Full Entry]

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So here is Part 2... So here is the itinerary of our trek for reference. Day 1: Lukla (alt 2800m) to Phakding (alt. 2650m...note we LOST altitude the first day!) Day 2. Phakding to Namche Bazar (alt. 3480m) Day3: Aclimitization day in Namche...climbed up to Khumjung (3790m) and back down Day 4: Namche to Tengboche (alt 3870)...this is where the Monestary was where we met the monks Day 5: Tengboche to Dingboche (alt 4410m) Day 6 & 7: rest days in Dingboche, aclimitization hike to Chukkung (alt 4600m) and back down to sleep Day 8: Dingboche to Dughla (alt 4620 m) [View Full Entry]

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So here goes Part 3!! Some of the other amazing things we have seen (see facebook for more pictures) included walking through a memorial, graveyard of types for those who have died attempting to summit mount Everest. It was an eerie place to be, especially to see names that are so famous for their attempts yet didn't return. I think the statistic is that 1 in 4 people die on Mount Everest because either they don't turn back when they should, or a storm or monsoon comes up and they can't get back. There were many prayer flags and rock piles [View Full Entry]

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This is a brief message to let you all know we are leaving tomorrow early to fly to Lukla to begin our 21 day trek. I am excited, nervous, and a little bit scared but am really looking forward to see what the next 3 weeks have in store! I hope all that yoga, running, and workout videos are going to pay off! So I won't be in touch either by email or phone for the next 3 weeks. Thinking about you all, I will have lots to write about when I get back. Lots of love, Carla [View Full Entry]

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So amazingly I am writing this relatively unscathed following quite the adventure on a 2 day Nepalese road trip to Royal Chitwan National Park. Picture this...Groat Road for 4 1/2 hours, on roads kinda like around Westmount in the spring only worse (i.e. potholes, huge holes in the road, parts of the road that are mostly boulders, parts of the road missing, you get the idea??), where there is a mountain on one side, and cliff on the other which sometimes had a barrier to prevent falling into the river or canyon, but mostly didn't. Then picture a place where by [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, Well the internet sucks a bit here so I hope that this will be a more efficient way of keeping in touch instead of Facebook (which not everyone is on) and email, which is hard to make sure I am hitting everyone who wants to keep in touch. So I thought a blog is better so you can check on your own. I will still update facebook as well and will likely put pictures up on both. This is going to be short because Becky just wrote a really long blog then it didn't post so that really sucks [View Full Entry]

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