http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Tibet , Everest en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 19:27:36 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 19:27:36 +0000 Vanuit Sakye een spannende dagtrip tegemoedhupsa de friendshiphiway af en 4 uur offroad bergop de Himalaya in. Aangekomen in het dorpje Rongbuk op 5800 meter hoogte heb je een uitzicht dat je nergens anders ter wereld hebtde MountEverest in zijn volle glorie dat is redelijk impressionant.Heel onze rugzak kleren boven elkaar aan en nog acht kilometer dichterbij gereden naar het Everest baseca http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-449499.html Meine Reise zu den hchten Bergen dieser WeltEigentlich kann man Tibet nicht in einen Blogeintrag pressen und es ist schwierig nur anhand von einigen Fotos und meinem Gekritzel hier einen mglichst authentischen Eindruck zu liefern deshalb werde ich nur die wichtigsten Ereignisse schildern und versuchen die Bilder erzhlen zu lassen Ich kann jedoch behaupten dass es DIE Reise schlechthin war i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-448581.html It is hard for me to even begin to explain how exited I was for today. One of my three life goals was to hike to base camp at Mount Everest and it was going to come true within hours. those of you who know me will know that I have lost over 65 kgs over the last seven or eight years and the driving force behind this was that I knew that a guy who weighs 150kg just cannot hike at that altitude. So h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-439303.html Mt. Everest Base Camp Day 3We ended up getting to our hotel late last night about 1030 after a decent meal in Shigatse Tibet. Even though we didn't get to see Mt. Everest up close yesterday on our way back to the closest town we did get to spend about forty minutes watching the top 13 of the mountain appear and then fade away and then appear again as cloud formations slowly passed over the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-433984.html This morning we are up at 5am and leave at 615am. We seem to be making good time as the road is fairly smooth and the views keep us entertained. Yak horses sheep goats the locals it's all postcard beautiful. Everybody is in a fairly chipper mood because we are excited about seeing Mt. Everest but honestly no one is looking forward to the rough riding we know is coming. We drive all morning http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-432011.html Day 110 113Tibet Part IIThe morning of April 28th we said our goodbyes to Lhasa and made our way to the city of Gyantse 255 kilometers south of Lhasa via the Gangbala Pass which reaches 5000 meters above sea level. Along the way we passed the sacred Yamdrok Lake Turquoise Lake which was just stunning and completely deserving of the nickname. The color of the fresh water lake was a prist http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-400461.html Today is cold why the weather change so quickly Strong sunshine in last few days but cold and humid...I just miss the lovely sunshine in Tibet the blue sky the white cloud looks like the candy floss... I can smell the fragrance in the air... what a lovely place.After several lazy days in Lhasa we began our tour to the highest world of the world Mt. Everest. I was so exited. The first day http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-377219.html Here I comeToday is windy and cold......not very good...... But I'm enjoying this quiet atmosphere...Let time went back to 2007I spent 4 days in Lhasa with my workmates and I followed my tour guide Wangdrak to those important temples in Lhasa. We went to Sera monastery the first afternoon and watched the lama's debating. It's a strange experience because they were exciting speaking loudl http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-376646.html I traveled to Mt. Everest Base Camp at the end of 2007 it was fabulous It was a great journey to visit the holy lakes snowcapped mountains and the most significant Mt. Everest... All of these are brilliant.....Here I want to share my experience with those who want to travel to Everest I hope you will find useful information.For heading to Mt. Everst the first stop must be the holy city http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-376074.html Monday 10th Our trip to everest today Rox woke feeling ill....not a good start plus an 8hr drive climbing to 5000m poor Rox. We stopped for lunch and had curried rice......... little did we know Rox would be seeing this again Lots of stops on the way passport checks... Our first sighting of Everest was really cool we were so lucky the weather was perfectly clear. Pretty damn impressive. A http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-347113.html We made it to Mt. Everest this afternoon after a beautiful six hour bus rideHere are a few photos I'm trying for more but the connection is slow at the moment. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-343913.html Tibet conjures up all sorts of images ones of remote monasteries scarlet robed monks prayer flags and of course snow capped mountains.Sitting in a caf in Lhasa reflecting on our past 8 days here Tibet certainly delivers on all fronts. Outside of Lhasa and within it in some places Tibet is so different from our daily lives it really is from another time and needs to be seen to be belie http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-339631.html Day 11 Shergar to Rongbuk EBCThe day started with a Chinese breakfast consisting of soup a bit like rice pudding with a plain dumpling. Needless to say noone ate very much and we were glad for the cereal bars we had brought from home.The condition of the roads deteriorated unto dirt tracks full of potholes and boulders meaning the our driver had to concentrate on every move. We made ou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-330395.html So what do I say about spending time at the highest point on earth First as a disclaimer I must say that I am not sure I can quite put it into words...We began our drive to Everest Base Camp at 1030am not quite sure how long it would take. The road itself had amazing scenery that was constantly changing from green hills to lakes to desert like conditions to dirt roads. Due to all the new reg http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-311109.html Everest deserves a blog entry of it's ownI've had this obsession with Mount Everest for as long as I can remember. There's just something about it that mesmerizes me. So naturally when we were this close I had no problem shelling out the money to travel to Everest Base Camp. We were going to be in Tibet for 10 days and scheduled 2 nights at Everest Base Camp in hopes of seeing the beast. From tal http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-311108.html EBC Trip Saturday 10th NovemberAfter a very cold night we were up by 8am the earliest I've been up on a Saturday morning for years well I had a good reason We set off not long after rising as cleaning our teeth wasn't the first thing on our minds in the subzero temperatures not to mention the state of the bathroom a hole in the ground under a semi sheltered hut from which emanated such http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-260344.html EBC Trip Friday 9th NovemberWith a bright and early start sort of... we set off for the small nondescript town of Shegar where we stopped to purchase our Everest Base Camp EBC permits yet another section of red tape on the bureaucratic highway we seemed to be travelling but one which we hoped would be the last. Shortly after departing Shegar we reached the Everest turnoff from the Friendsh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-251608.html 1011DEC2007We rise extremely early so we could make it to Everest for sunrise. Nobody else seems to realize the significance of my statement that the sun rises in the east. But alas I go along with it because it's easier than arguing. On the way to base camp from the village we are confronted with ice sheets on the road and large snow hunks or very white rocks along the steep roadside. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-233004.html Day 1 20th December The Driver From HellOur driver turned up at 9am at our hostel in his pride and joy a 4500 series Landcruiser which he spent a fortune on 1million yuan to be exact which really is a fortune especially if you convert it into AUD 150000 but as he said this is his livelihood so he needed to invest in some decent equipment. We left at about 9.30 which wasn't a bad turn arou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-230038.html My goodness but those mountain climbers are a hardy stock. Here we are at Everest Base camp 17060 feet and are still some 12000 feet below the summit of this beastly mountain. I have succumbed to the headaches and decided to take the altitude pills we picked up in the states. Jessie decides to try the extremely bad tasting natural Chinese medicine. Matt and Ty being the tough fools that http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Tibet/Everest/blog-221918.html