http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Dreamer Images/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Dreamer Images en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:52:15 BST Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:52:15 BST To make a long story short I walked about 35 Miles from Lulka to Gorak Shep climbed up Kala Papher to 5600 Meters 18375 ft took some photos of Mt Everest then walked the 35 Miles back to Lulka.I fly back to Kathmandu tomorrow and will start working on the photos when I get home.Bryan http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Lukla/blog-101795.html So this is the last internet contact I'll have for the next 10 days... I made it save to Namche Bazzar The offical height is 3440 but my hotel is on the hill beyond Namche at 3500 meters. I haven't really noticed any affects of the altitude but then again I'm a little on the tall side so I may be acustom to the alititude already...Tomorrow morning we start on are way up to Everest Base c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Namche/blog-99447.html So tomorrow morning at 8am I'm leaving for Mt Everest I fly from Kathmandu Airport to Lukla airport and for those of you how know and love Google Earth as much as I do I've added the Lat Long for my trip In degrees not degminsec.Oct 30th Fly to Lukla Airport 27.687350 86.728317Oct 30th hike down to Phakding 27.737535 86.715376Oct 31st hike up to Namche Bazaar 27 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-98695.html SO.... I've taken every bodies advice and I'm relaxing I've been reading walking around Kathmandu taking photographs catching up with old friends. I have so much to write about The Strike that wasn't a strike... The Maoists Now referred to as the Communist Dogs... The dinner I had with a Civil Engineer working in Nepal an Irish bloke with a straight face talks about blasting 600 m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-98123.html So I mentioned that the clouds wouldn't leave forgetting that only somebody who's been to Nepal before would understand what I ment... Let me explain... The two major metropolis speeking loosely in Nepal are Kathmandu the capital and Pokhara which is about 85 miles west as the crow flies only the crows travel as the crow flies in Nepal the actual trip by car is 125 miles. I arrived in Kat http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-95728.html I'm at the base of the Himalayas and the clouds won't leave It's October and normally there isn't a cloud in the sky.... but for the past 24 hours the clouds have hung around and only got a small glimps of Annapurna this morning...Camera in hand hopefully tomorrow I'll see more of the mountains and better yet photograph themWishing the clouds would leaveBryan http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Pokhara/blog-94993.html To give everybody a feel of what life is like here in Kathmandu the hub of civilization in NepalThere are scheduled rolling blackouts Every Tuesday 79pm Every room has a candle flashlight just incase they have an unscheduled blackout thought not as common as before.Every modern house has a water tank in the frontback yard that is trickle filled from the city water supply. There are th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-94680.html Well 17 hours from LA to Bangkok and another 3 hours to Kathmandu's New International terminal and I'm back home. I have to say that the service on Thai Airlines is by far the best services I've ever received on any airline.My parents currently live about 100 feet from house I grew up in. Our old house is now an office building and they took out the wonderful rose bushes in the front ya http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-94505.html Today is my last offical day at Boeing for the next 6 weeks as some of you know I was supposed to leave for 4 months that didn't happen so now here I am with a 6 week whirlwind tour of Nepal I plan on spending a week in Pokhara in the shadow of Anapurna enjoying Tihar in Kathmandu and then leaving for Everest on Oct 30th. All going well I'll be at the base camp on Nov 5th.I'll keep all http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Anaheim/blog-93244.html